A year later, Lu's application to study conducting at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia was rejected on the grounds that he was too old; instead he went to the much older Vienna Conservatory, where he began his long musical journey in Europe.
一年後，他原本想到美國費城科提斯音樂學院學指揮，卻被對方以「年紀太大」的理由拒於門外，只好轉往具有悠久歷史的維也納音樂院發展，也從此展開了在歐洲的音樂旅程。