David Helfgott
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- Mitochondrial transport and processing of methylmalonyl coenzyme A mutase
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
David Helfgott (born 19 May 1947) is an Australian concert pianist whose life inspired the Academy Award-winning film Shine.
Known for
- The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process — Self2023
- Hello I Am David! — David Helfgott2015
- The Oscars — Self1953
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David Helfgott (born May 19, 1947) is an Australian concert pianist. He is as well-known for having schizoaffective disorder as for his piano playing. He 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 six. 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 Helfgott. <a href="ht
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Melbourne
- Occupation
- instrumentalist
- Languages spoken
- Australian English
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- grand piano
- Official website
- www.davidhelfgott.com
- Residence
- Perth
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- influenced by
- Cyril Smith
- medical condition
- autism
- date of birth
- 1947-05-19
- Commons category
- David Helfgott
- name in native language
- David Helfgott
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- present in work
- Shine
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