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David Helfgott

Australian concert pianist (born )

David Helfgott

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Born () 19 May (age&#;77)

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

OccupationPianist
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David HelfgottOAM (born 19 May ) is an Australian concert pianist whose life inspired the Academy Award-winning film Shine, in which he was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor and Alex Rafalowicz.

Biography

Early life

Helfgott was born in Melbourne to Polish Jewish parents Rachel (née Granek) and Elias Peter Helfgott.[1] He won the state final of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition.[2]

London studies and mental illness

The awards he won at the Royal College of Music included the Dannreuther Prize for Best Concerto Performance, for his performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.

3, and the Marmaduke Barton Prize.[2]

During his time in London, he began showing more definite manifestations of schizoaffective disorder.[3] He returned to Perth in The following year, he married Hungarian Jewish immigrant Claire Papp, who had four children.[4] He worked as a rehearsal pianist for the Western Australian Opera Company.[4]

In , his brother Les Helfgott found him a job working at a Perth wine bar called Riccardo's.[4] The co-owner of the bar was a doctor, Chris Reynolds, who played a significant part in Helfgott's rehabilitation and also introduced him to Gillian Murray, whom Helfgott married in [5][6][7]

Shine

Helfgott was the subject of the film Shine, which dealt with the pianist's formative years and struggle with mental illness.

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Helfgott was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush (adult), Noah Taylor (teenager) and Alex Rafalowicz (child).[8] His brother Les has described the portrayal of their father in both Shine and in Gillian Helfgott's biography as "all outright lies". David Helfgott's first wife Claire Papp has also said that Peter Helfgott was "quite badly maligned" in the film.[9]

In a letter to the editor of Limelight, published in the September edition, Margaret and Les Helfgott refer to certain claims made in an article in the August edition[10] and state that "there was no estrangement from members of Helfgott's family following his return to Australia.

On the contrary, he moved straight back into the family home, and was cared for by our family. Dad was not 'overbearing', and his main objection to David's going abroad was his concern for his son's welfare."[10]

Current musical career

Helfgott generally prefers to perform Romantic music, mostly Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Rimsky-Korsakov.

However, his recordings and performances, especially that of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, have been criticized as "pallid, erratic and incoherent."[11] Of the two commercial recordings released by RCA, the American journal Fanfare Magazine was critical not only of Helfgott himself, but also of his producers, who were "marketing Helfgott's pain."[12] The British magazine Gramophone was similarly scathing about the exploitative nature of their issue, which, the magazine said, falsely marketed Helfgott as an "unsung genius".[13][14]

On stage, Helfgott is known for his unusual platform manner.

In , critic Anthony Tommasini noted that Helfgott "stares into the hall and renders a nonstop commentary of grunts, groans and mutterings".[11] Of a Helfgott recital in New Zealand, critic Denis Dutton wrote, "If, as Goethe claimed, architecture is frozen music, David Helfgott is the musician who finally proves the converse: that music can also be melted architecture – a structureless rubble of notes."[15]

Helfgott played piano in the Silverchair song "Emotion Sickness".

Helfgott tours Australia annually and plays a small number of recitals in other countries.[2]

His European tour was the subject of a documentary, Hello, I Am David![16]

Personal life

Helfgott lives in The Promised Land, a valley near Bellingen in New South Wales.[2] His second wife Gillian died in , aged [17] In a interview, Gillian stated that Helfgott "has been misdiagnosed for decades", does not have schizophrenia, and had recently been diagnosed with autism.[18]

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

Helfgott was awarded an honorary doctorate of music by Edith Cowan University in [20]

He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours.[21]

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

They commenced in

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from to [23]

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  19. ^Fanfare, Vol. 23, No. 3 (), review by Peter J. Rabinowitz
  20. ^Gramophone, March , review by Bruce Morrison
  21. ^Gramophone, September , review by Philip Kennicott
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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Helfgott born 19 May is an Australian concert pianist. Helfgott's life inspired the Oscar -winning film Shine , in which he was played by Geoffrey Rush. Helfgott was born in Melbourne to Polish Jewish parents. He became known as a child prodigy after his father started teaching him the piano when he was five.

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