I think it was when I was nineteen, by that time the Jewish laws were already in force and the split was beginning to come about which isolated the Jewish culture.

In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.

First of all I listen to music. I like music.

I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided.

I don't use old music.

Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler and Stalin.

There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer.