I dont know about airport but Joshua Bell, a renounce violinist, did it at a NY subway station and people just kinda walked by without paying him much attention.Didnt a famous musician try this in an airport and everyone ignored him. Such is the power of name recognition. You value something more when you know the "history" of it, and something less that you hear for free in a public place.
I think thats who I was thinking about. Just mixed up the mode of transportationI dont know about airport but Joshua Bell, a renounce violinist, did it at a NY subway station and people just kinda walked by without paying him much attention.