The concert he gave ... has made a deep impression on me," the two played occasionally in a quartet together. Sandor Salgo was asked to conduct the Israeli symphony but politely declined saying, "I came here to be an American."
Sandor Salgo's concert experience had a profound impact on him, and he would occasionally perform with another musician as part of a quartet. When offered to lead the Israeli symphony, he declined, saying that his goal was to become an integral part of American society.