Once, by chance, he heard an NHK broadcast of an avant-garde Japanese orchestral work, and it hit him hard: "To study composition theory at a more professional level, I resolved to return to Japan and continue my studies."
在一次偶然機會裡，他聽到 NHK 電視台播放日本新銳作曲家的管絃樂作品，內心深受衝擊，「為了研究更專業的作曲理論，我決定再度前往日本進修。」