… la ingeniosa división que hace de sus obras en tres apartados: 1) No tocables. 2) Tocables, pero lejos de donde él esté. 3) Aceptables.

… the ingenious division he makes of his works into three categories: 1) Not playable. 2) Playable, but where he can't hear it. 3) Acceptable.

M'agradaria acabar citant de nou el meu lema predilecte i que he mantingut al llarg dels anys com a símbol de la meva filosofia de la vida: «Tout s'arrange. Mal, mais tout s'arrange ».

I would like to end up by quoting again my favorite motto that I have kept through the years to represent my philosophy of life: [in French] “Everything will work out — badly, but everything will work out.”

… Elena Pérez de Olaguer Fernández, de bona família catalanaargentina- belga-filipina, més catalana de que es podria deduir pel cognom.

… Elena Pérez de Olaguer Fernández, from a good Catalan-Argentine- Belgian-Philipino family, more Catalan than the name would indicate.

My wife Elena has been everything for me, and without her moral support and her collaborative spirit, my life would have been far more difficult and more full of complications. She never has interfered in my professional life, but naturally, she is my number-one fan. She is a great lover of music, with exquisite musical taste; lately she is found in the concert halls more than I am.