The point was that the father wanted to keep the child. I think the music was just the vehicle, it became a challenge. Is it possible that struggling with the complexity of the music, as this boy does in the film, triggers something in the brain?Ī. What is the agenda of a parent? Do they want the child to be successful, or do they want to have the success through their child? For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them. You've got so many things that can go wrong. I always say an unusual talent is an abnormality because kids don't have talents like that, not your average child. Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled. But it's not just musicians, it's tennis players, everybody. This particular case was a very extreme situation.

So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music.

Itzhak Perlman, the violinist who has a home on the East End, was host at a benefit screening of ''Shine'' at the East Hampton Cinema for the Hamptons Summer Music School, which is run by his wife, Toby Perlman.Ī. In this movie based on the Australian child prodigy David Helfgott, the young musician has a breakdown and spends years in a mental institution after tackling the Rach 3. IN the movie ''Shine,'' a teacher warns a young musician to watch out for the Rach 3: ''It's dangerous!'' The Rach 3 is not a pterodactyl, it's Rachmaninoff's treacherously difficult Piano Concerto, No.

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