He was a world-renowned choir director and he suffered viral encephalitis which led to brain damage which destroyed most of his temporal lobes, his hippocampus, and a lot of his left frontal lobe.

他是一位世界著名的合唱团指挥， 他患​​有病毒性脑炎， 导致脑损伤，破坏了他的大部分颞叶、海马体和大部分左额叶。