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Piano Man - Life of John Ogdon (Hardcover)
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Piano Man - Life of John Ogdon (Hardcover)
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The first full biography of John Ogdon; a tortured genius and
arguably the greatest British pianist of all time. From the
beginning of his professional career as a soloist John Ogdon was
hailed as a musician of rare understanding and phenomenal technical
gifts. Able to play and memorize just about any score at sight,
tales of his impossible exploits at the keyboard are legion. Yet
Ogdon was a man of extremes and it was this very extremity, while
the source of much of his gift, that also led to appalling
suffering. Here was a man whose feelings were inexpressibly deep
and often tormenting, and Ogdon's glory days, following his coveted
Tchaikovsky prize in 1962, came to a sudden end in 1973 when he
suffered a severe mental breakdown which led to his being certified
insane and made patient of the Court of Protection. Over the course
of several harrowing years Ogdon would spend large periods of time
in and out of psychiatric wards and halfway houses. The drugs and
treatments prescribed sometimes affected his coordination, and his
reputation suffered as a result. Yet Ogdon's commitment to his art
remained undimmed, and until the end he drew out performances of
tremendous beauty and conviction from the depths of his ravaged
heart. In this illuminating biography, Charles Beauclerk explores
the life of a brilliantly inspired artist, for whom music was both
his cross and his salvation.
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