 His lessons, often very strict, still never failed to
make his students fall in love”.Particularly relevant, in addition to his teaching activity at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia
and the Accademia Chigiana, was his contribution to the University of Tokyo in Japan in the
1990s.This was also thanks to the mediation and commitment of Shuku Iwasaki, his assistant
at the Chigiana, and of Koko Kato, his student and dear friend.