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,
Bobby Rush (musician) 2017 Rush won Blues Music Awards for Album of the Year for "Porcupine Meat" and for Historical Album of the Year for "Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush." These were the eleventh and twelfth Blues Music Awards Rush has been awarded by the Blues Foundation during his career. In 2018, a remix of Rush's song "Funk O'De Funk" by American electronic music duo Smle was nominated for Best Remixed Recording at the 60th Grammy Awards. The rendition lost to Latroit's remix of Depeche Mode's "You Move". Bobby Rush (musician) Bobby Rush (born November 10, 1933) is a Grammy