David Helfgott David Helfgott David Helfgott (born 19 May 1947) is an Australian concert pianist. Helfgott's life inspired the Academy Award-winning film "Shine", in which he was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush and Noah Taylor. Helfgott was born in Melbourne to Polish Jewish parents Rachel (née Granek) and Elias Peter Helfgott. He won the state final of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition six times. The awards he won at the Royal College of Music included the Dannreuther Prize for Best Concerto Performance, for his performance of Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 3", and the Marmaduke Barton Prize. During his time in London,
Joseph E-Shine Mizrachi E-Shine started as a drummer at the age of five, and was already an experienced bassist and an electric guitarist at 15, when he routinely performed with various underground artists as a session musician. At 17, he was hired as a guitarist by Meir Banai. Joseph played on Banai’s album, "Sh'ma Koli" (Hebrew for "Hear My Voice") – winning him a Gold Record. Banai then decided to co-produce with E-Shine an entire tour of acoustic shows, which ran for two years. During that time, E-Shine also wrote and co-produced an album for "Funk’n’stein" band, in which he played bass and