Signs exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon/Universal

Youngest artist to be awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant

Debut with New York Philharmonic & Maestro Zubin Mehta

Debut with Israel Philharmonic & Maestro Zubin Mehta

Moves to NYC to study with Leonard Rose at The Juilliard School

Attends Mstislav Rostropovich concert and asks for a cello

Moves to Palo Alto, CA

Bat-Yam, Israel, December 3, 1970