Different text forms can be used to represent an individual’s life through the selection of particular aspects for particular contexts. This can be seen in three representations of the life of Australian concert pianist, David Helfgott. David Helfgott has had his life represented in a range of text forms, but three examples may be useful for consideration.
Example One
http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608000385/David-Helfgott.html
Example Two
http://www.ask.com/wiki/David_Helfgott
Example Three
Shine: Trailer (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTt4Ar6pzO4&feature=related
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Who is David Helfgott?
Answer this question INDIVIDUALLY as a comment below. DO NOT plagiarise or paraphrase other people's work. Your response needs to be written using the proper functions and conventions of the English language and should be between 200-300 WORDS in length.
Essentially you are writing a 200-300 word BIOGRAPHY on David Helfgott. Where was he from? What is he like? Why is he famous?
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BIOGRAPHY ON DAVID HELFGOTT:
ReplyDeleteDavid Helfgott was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1947. At age 17, David began studying with Alice Carrard, a former student of Bartok and Istvan Thoman, himself a pupil of Liszt. David won a number of awards at the College, including the Dannreuther Prize for Best Concerto Performance for his triumphant performance of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto. David was brought back to the public’s attention by Dr Chris Reynolds, who owned Riccardo’s wine bar in Perth, where David performed on Saturday nights. It was there he meet his future wife, Gillian, who, with the support of promoter Mike Parry, helped David gradually resume his concert career with concert performances in Perth and a sell-out tour of Australia’s eastern states in 1986. In October 1996, David played four sold-out concerts at the Sydney Opera House, an unprecedented occurrence. David released four more CDs, including Brilliantissimo, Brave New World, and one featuring the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 and Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme of Paganini, two of David’s favourite works. David conquered Europe yet again in 2005 and 2006. On 26 November 2006, David was inducted into The Australian Walk of Fame. In 2007 and 2008, David had extremely successful return tours of South Africa, New Zealand and Japan, and major European tours. The year 2009 opened with David receiving a huge honour when a 2.7 metre sculpture by the internationally recognized sculpture, John Van Der Kolk, was dedicated to David and placed in the Bellingen Council Park in recognition of David’s courage, contribution to music and his work in the community
David Helfgott born 19 May 1947, is an Australian pianist who first became internationally known through the 1996 film, Shine. Considered a childy prodigy, David was taught by his father the piano at the young age of five, winning several local competitions during his youth. At the age of fourteen, he was given an invitation to study music with Isaac Stern which was declined by his father. When David was 19, he earned a scholarship to study abroad in London under Cyril Smith. Whilst in London, indications of mental illness were becoming more apparent – he was diagnosed with shizoaffective disorder, an illness where the individual feels depressed and strained to life. Into the following decade, he was given psychiatric treatment to stabilise his illness. In 1996, the Australian award winning film Shine was released. The movie was based on the life of David and how he coped with his mental illness. Although with the huge success, the film was controversial due to the negative depiction of David’s dad. In recent times, David now resides somewhere in NSW. Helfgott tours Australia annually and plays small recitals in other countries.
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ReplyDeleteBorn on 19 May 1947, David Helfgott is an Australian pianist. David became known as a child prodigy at the age of 5 after his father started teaching him the piano. When he was ten years old he studied under Frank Arndt, a Perth piano teacher, and won several local competitions. Only 14 years later he received an invitation to study music in the united states although his father declined staring that he was not ready to be an independent.
Not long after, Helfgott won a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music in London, England, where he studied under the pianist Cyril Smith for three years.
During his time in London he began showing signs mental illness. . He returned to Perth in 1970, and married his first wife, Clara, in 1971 not long after his marriage broke down and he was institutionalised in Graylands, a Perth mental hospital. For 10 years he underwent psychiatric treatment and was band to play piano.
After recovery he began to play in a wine bar and only positive went from then on with the movie Shine which was a based on his past life. After wining may award Helfgott now prefers to frequently play/tour around Australia.
David Helfgott was born in 1947 in Melbourne, Australia to polish parents. His father taught him how to play a piano when he was five years old. When he was ten he won several local competitions under Frank Arndt, a Perth piano teacher. At the age of 14, James Penberthy who was the Perth composer and writer Katharine Susannah Prichard sponsored him to go study music in United States. Regardless the efforts which were made by James and Katharine, James’ father denied the offer on the bases that he was young to take of himself.
ReplyDeleteAt the age of 14 he won a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music in London, England under the pianist Cyril Smith. During this time that’s when he started showing the signs of mental illness. His Australian doctor whom he met twenty years later told him that he was suffering from an acute anxiety neurosis. In 1971 he returned to Perth and married his first wife Clara, he also took in several Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the same year. After he divorced with his wife his mental situation became worse and he spent the next ten years under psychiatric treatment which included psychotropic medication.
In 1984 he met his second wife Gillian Murray who was an astrologer. He continued a successful playing career throughout the 1980s and 1990s in both Australia and Europe. In 1994 he played in Russia. Helfgott generally prefers to perform romantic music, mostly Modest Mussorgsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Who is David Helfgott?
ReplyDeleteDavid Helfgott is a pianist; he was born in 1947, in Melbourne. He starred in the film Shine which is about Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano. He was taught by his father how to play piano at a young age, and then he was able to win many local competitions.
When he was 19 he won a scholarship to go and study music at Royal college of music in London where he studied next to a pianist for three years. During this time he started showing signs of mental illness. After a long period of time a doctor said that he had acute anxiety neurosis.
He returned to Perth to marry his wife, Clara in 1971. After a while he was institutionalised in Graylands, a mental hospital. For under 10 years he went under treatment.
After his recovery he began to play piano again and his life turned out positive from that point on. A movie he starred in “Shine” is based on his past life. He won an award which now he tours around Australia
David Helfgott was born in 1947 in Melbourne, Australia. The second of five children born to Elias Peter and Rachel (Granek) Helfgott, he was a delicate child who early on exhibited signs of agitation. Helfgott became known to international audiences as the troubled Australian pianist depicted in Australian director Scott Hicks' 1996 film Shine. Helfgott generally prefers to perform romantic music, mostly Modest Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. However, his recordings and performances, especially that of Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto, have been criticized as "pallid, erratic and incoherent." Of the two commercial recordings released by RCA, the British magazine Gramophone was particularly scathing about the exploitative nature of their issue, marketing Helfgott as an 'unsung genius' when it was obvious from the recordings that he was not.
ReplyDeleteDavid Helfgott was born in 1947 in melbourne,australia,hes son name elias peter and hes daughter name rachael granek.david helfgott became known to his filming `shine`,throguhtout the film helfgott suffered a mental breakdown and he became relationship with the old bar in the film.his recordings and performances,especially that of rachmaninoff third piano concerto,have been criticized ass``pallid``. (BA$!L)
ReplyDeleteHelfgott 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. When he was ten years old he studied under Frank Arndt, a Perth piano teacher, and won several local competitions—sometimes alone and sometimes with his elder sister Margaret.
ReplyDeleteAt the age of fourteen, people such as Perth composer James Penberthy and writer Katharine Susannah Prichard raised money to enable him to go to the United States to study music. However, his father denied him permission on the grounds that he was not ready for independence (and presumably also given early indications of mental illness).
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David Helfgott was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1947. He showed great pianistic ability from an early age. david helfgott had won the state finals of the ABC’s Instrumental & Vocal Competition six times.
ReplyDeleteAt age 17, David began studying with Alice Carrard, a former student of Bartok and Istvan Thoman, himself a pupil of Liszt. Two years later, David gone to London to study at the Royal College of Music with Cyril Smith, who described him as his most succussful student in 25 years of teaching and likened him to Horowitz, both technically and temperamentally.
David won a number of awards at the College, including the Dannreuther Prize for Best Concerto Performance for his triumphant performance of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto. However, towards the end of his time in London, David faced increased emotional instability and mental excitability, compounded by the death in Perth of his mentor, writer Katherine Susannah Pritchard.
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ReplyDeleteDavid helfgott Born in 1947, in Melbourne, Australia; son of Elias Peter and Rachel married his first wife clara in 1971.David started piano at the age of 5. When he was ten he won several local competitions. At the age of fourteen composers such as James Penberthy and katharine susannah Prichard rased money to further his study in the united states for music. His father felt that he was not independent and did not allow him to further his study. Or even start studying. David started to face serious mental illness. His Australian doctor whom he met twenty years later told him that he was suffering from an acute anxiety neurosis.
David Helfgott was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1947 to Polish-Jewish parents. Two years later, David returned overseas for study with the great pedagogue, Peter Feuchtwanger, who summed up his talents:
ReplyDeleteRecitals in London, Bonn, Vienna, Budapest and Copenhagen followed, to critical acclaim. Rainer Lersmacher wrote in Bonner Rundscha (1989):
David Helfgott [...] is a pianistic phenomenon and genius at the same time [...] a natural, through breathtaking, technical and interpretative brilliance.
In 1991, David's "Liszt, Rachmaninov, Chopin" CD was nominated for an Australian Aria Award; he is the only individual classical musician to receive this honor.
It was David's next CD, however, that would help rewrite the classical charts. David played to huge crowds, generating audience excitement and participation that many critics called a necessary breath of fresh air.
This time, David played the Rachmaninov Third to a sell-out crowd and thunderous standing ovation.
David's Rachmaninov Third CD became a best-seller, as did the Shine soundtrack. He became the top-selling classical artist of 1997, The New York Times hailing him as its "Most Influential Classical Musician of the Year" and Billboard magazine naming him "Classical Musician of the Year" and his CD "Classical Record of the Year". Among many other awards, David was given a Time for Peace Award at Carnegie Hall, chosen by the Ambassadors at the United Nations.
1998 was no less hectic with David recording "Brave New World" and touring Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, South Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore. Tan Shze Ee in the Straits Times (Singapore) wrote:
Helfgott is admittedly a performer of some precious genius.
. Called Helfgott Magic, this features many of his favourite works by Rachmaninov, Liszt and Chopin.
David helfgott
ReplyDeleteDavid Helfgott was born in 1947 in Melbourne, Australia to polish parents. His father taught him how to play a piano at a very young age. When he was ten he won a bunch of small local competitions under Frank Arndt who was a Perth piano teacher. At the age of 14, James Penberthy who was the Perth composer and writer Katharine Susannah Prichard sponsored him to go study music in United States. Helfgott generally prefers to perform romantic music. Helfgott suffered from skitsoFranea, later on a movie was made in honour of him it was called shine
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