Then, After The War It

However, I Began Composing As Soon As I Started Taking Piano Lessons.

Once, In London, The Bbc Asked Me What Was My Favorite English Book. I Said Alice In Wonderland

First Of All I Listen To Music. I Like Music.

Now There Is No Taboo; Everything Is Allowed. But One Cannot Simply Go Back To Tonality, It’s Not The Way. We Must Find A Way Of Neither Going Back Nor Continuing The Avant-garde. I Am In A Prison: One Wall Is The Avant-garde, The Other Wall Is The Past, And I Want To Escape.

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