Why couldn't he have had thousands of hours of practice? Lots of people who play an instrument have had thousands of hours of practice. Some of them just sound a little better than others and I'll bet the hospital staff wouldn't be as impressed if he had turned out to be a wizz on the bagpipes or piano accordian. LOL.....sorry CarolC....couldn't resist.

I know a number of fine pianists who by the age of thirty had a large classical repetoire as well as the ability to play stuff by John Lennon. In fact, most could do that by the age of 15.

Although some might wish to believe that this is somehow a twist on David Helfgott's life, I still think this fellow will prove to be a con artist. This is not to say that he doesn't indeed have some mental health issues, but I don't think a break with reality such as Helfgott suffered is going to prove to be one of them.

I'm still going to stick by my post of 12:16 AM.