a grade opera of tchaikovsky, and everything looked incredibly exciting, but suddenly he passed away1997, and he died in the same day as princess diana. that is september of 1997, and then some maybe two months later, there was a discussion with me if the next concert of world orchestra of peace would take place in germany and if i can become the conductor for this orchestra and then there were many, many visits, many continents which include, of course, china, russia, jerusalem, abu dubai, we also saw his great conductor next to each other, it is symbolic because nobody did more than master shulte and i could learn quite a lot, in my years in the beginning of my leadership in mariinsky's in st. petersburg, he was a great inspiration and patron and friend who supported me, especially in the belief i can stay in a difficult country and work with musical goals and i will always achieve what i want if i am focused and concentrated. >> stow made you believe that. has that turned out to be true. >> it did, in many, many ways. for example he knows that i represent big tradition, you don't