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It Isn't False Modesty When I Say This, But Although I Am Supposed To Be A Famous Person It Doesn't Mean Anything To Me. I Just Sit At Home And Work.

In January 1944 I Was Called Up By The Forced Labor Service, But I Deserted On October 10, 1944.

There Was A Very Famous Musician In Our Family. He Was A Great Violinist, An Internationally Known Teacher. He Was Leopold Auer.

People Often Thought Leopold Auer Was Russian Because He Lived In St. Petersburg So Long, Almost Fifty Years.

I Was Fifteen Years Old, And I Hardly Knew How To Play A Simple Bach Prelude On The Piano When I Began To Compose Music, And At The Most Advanced Level. I Had Never Studied Such Things As Harmony.