That was when Mazer, who had been conducting for nearly half a century and had worked in Pittsburgh and Chicago with such luminaries as Fritz Reiner, William Steinberg, and George Solti, was invited for the first time to the R.O.C. as a guest conductor. He was deeply impressed with the quality of the string musicianship here, which he considers to be on a par with that of first-rate orchestras the world over.
那時，在台上揮點音樂魔力達半世紀，曾在匹茲堡、芝加哥等交響樂團輔佐過萊納、史坦柏格、蕭提三位指揮大師的梅哲，數度應邀來華擔任客席指揮，對台灣優異的弦樂水準印象深刻，認為不遜於世界一流樂團。