“What the hell are you carrying?” 

Leon Fleisher as he held the door for me at the Peabody Conservatory of Music

“Hold this” said the famous violinist as he handed me his million dollar Guarnerius violin.

“You realize I am a tuba player!”

He CHUCKLED at me, “You will be fine!” 

And I was.

with Isaac Stern at USC 2000, one of the most generous and kind musicians I have ever met.