Archives for July 2011

The rise and bizarre fall of a musical prodigy A Hungarian pianist was hailed as a boy, played for royalty and later took New York by storm. But moving to L.A. proved, in many ways, to be his undoing, and he lived for decades in flophouse rooms. By Anthony Mostrom, Special to the Los Angeles Times July 24, 2011 He was a forlorn-looking figure, dressed in a rumpled … [Read more...] about The rise and bizarre fall of a musical prodigy — Los Angeles Times [24 July 2011]