He then gained a position as first violin with the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and studied conducting with James Levine (1976–1978).
[1][4] He moved to Europe to become leader of the Orlando Quartet (1985–1990) with whom he performed more than 700 concerts and recorded many major chamber works including the complete Mozart String Quintets for BIS.
He worked with Murray Perahia, Arnold Steinhardt, Malcolm Frager, Nobuko Imai and Norbert Brainin playing frequently in Japan, the United States, Australia and throughout Europe.
[1][3] In the Netherlands he was a faculty member of both the String and Chamber music Departments of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (1985–1995), and concertmaster (1990–1995) of its orchestra, the Residentie Orkest under Yevgeny Svetlanov.
[1] In 1996 Edo de Waart brought him back to Australia as co-concertmaster and associate conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (1996–2001).