sentences:  Discovering information about living composers while living in a small province was not straightforward and required Edelstein's insatiable curiosity and persistent questioning.He was fortunate to have the imagination and open-mindedness of many of his family and teachers who brought some of the answers he needed.One piano teacher, Eva Taubas, was significant for allowing him at seven to "improvise Beethoven" in his lessons, in a sense showing him it was possible, as Edelstein puts it, "to destroy Beethoven" and construct something new.