Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time.

From 1971-1988 he was Music Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic (formerly Brooklyn Philharmonia). From 1981 to 1986 he was conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Isabelle Vengerova (piano) Rosario Scalero (composition) and Fritz Reiner (conducting).