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Harald Andrés Helfgott (born November 25, ) is a Peruvian mathematician born in Lima....
Born in 1947, in Melbourne, Australia; son of Elias Peter and Rachel (maiden name, Granek) Helfgott; married his first wife, Clara, 1971 (divorced, 1974); married Gillian (an astrologer), August 26, 1984; late 1980s, became naturalized citizen of Tasmania.
Education: Studied at Royal College of Music in London, c.
Harald Andrés Helfgott Born in Peru in , Harald Andrés Helfgott has been a senior researcher at the Centre national de la recherche.
1962. Addresses: Record company--RCA Records, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
Helfgott became known to international audiences as the troubled Australian pianist depicted in Australian director Scott Hicks' 1996 film Shine.
A child prodigy, Helfgott eventually suffered a mental breakdown after his overbearing father forbade him to accept an invitation from Isaac Stern to study music in the United States. After more than a decade in and out of mental institutions, during which he underwent electroshock therapy and was forbidden to play the piano due to his delicate health, Helfgott gradually recovered, first playing piano in a wine bar in his native Perth, then retu