With thanks ro Michael F. R.:
Mystery of ‘Piano Man’ baffles police
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The identity of a man found soaked to the skin wandering on a beach in a
well—tailored evening suit and who will not talk but plays four-hour long
concertos continues to baffle police.
The six-foot-tall man, believed to be in his 20s or 30s, has been nicknamed
the ‘Piano Man’ and was found on a beach on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent
five weeks ago. Police are still searching for anyone who could give them
information as to who he really is and his carers are so desperate for
information they have allowed his photograph to be taken.
“Ramanah Venkiah, manager of the unit, is quoted in The Independent as
saying: ‘He has been playing the piano to a very high quality for up to
four hours at a time and staff say it is a real pleasure to hear it. But we
still have no idea who he is because he is not speaking to us.”
The hospital staff told newspapers how, upon his arrival, the man refused
to talk but drew a picture of a flag and a piano on a piece of paper. He
was taken to a piano whereupon he stunned carers with a series of virtuoso
performances of Tchaikovsky.
“When staff sat him at a piano in the hospital chapel, he played expertly
for two hours and, since, has staged recitals lasting up to four hours,”
The Telegraph writes. “However, despite his picture being posted on the
website of the National Missing Persons Helpline, nobody has identified him
yet, though people have come forward to say that they believe they have
seen him play at concert halls throughout Europe.”
“He has been playing the piano to a very high quality for up to four hours
at a time and staff say it is a real pleasure to hear it, Mr Venkiah is
quoted as saying in The Telegraph. “But we still have no idea who he is
because he is not speaking.”
Orchestras are now being contacted in the hope that someone will come
forward with information, the paper reports.
There is a theory, the Guardian writes, that the man may have suffered a
trauma which has caused amnesia, one of the methods the mind uses to
retreat from a shock. “Personal memories can be lost while the ability to
communicate - or, for instance, play the piano - is not,” it explains.
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