It was oxygen. I was lucky enough to have studied at the Juilliard School in Manhattan, and to have played my debut with Zubin Mehta and the Israeli philharmonic orchestra in Tel Aviv, and it turned out that Gottfried Schlaug had studied as an organist at the Vienna Conservatory, but had given up his love for music to pursue a career in medicine. And that afternoon, I had to ask him,
Era ca oxigenul. Am avut norocul să studiez la Juilliard School în Manhattan şi să debutez cu Zubin Mehta şi orchestra filarmonicii israeliene în Tel Aviv şi s-a aflat că Gottfried Schlaug a studiat orga la Conservatorul din Viena, dar a renunţat la dragostea pentru muzică pentru a-şi urma cariera în medicină. Şi în acea după-masă a trebuit să-l întreb: