He developed a lifelong passion for opera, vocal and chamber music that found its full expression in the festivals he established in La Grange de Meslay, France, and in Moscow, at the Pushkin Museum.
Razvila mu se strastvena ljubav prema operi, vokalnoj i komornoj glazbi koja je svoj pun izraz našla na festivalima koje je on ustanovio u Grange de Meslayu (Francuska) i u Moskvi u Puškinovu muzeju.