United Kingdom, when a well-known pianist from an early age, suffering from Tourette syndrome of torture. This not only affected his health, but also hinder the development of his music career.
After 15 years of struggle with the disease, this pianist finally get rid of diseases that affect the holding of public performance.
Out of the shadows
Nick Van is a British well-known pianist Burrows. By Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome troubled past 15 years, he could only play in an empty house alone, there is no audience.
Fanbuluosi will be held on the evening of 28 in Chelsea's Cadogan Hall to face the audience of more than 900 performances. This is his first time since 1994, public performance.
"With so many years I can only environment in the absence of the audience play, The show marks a change in my life," 41-year-old Fanbuluosi 28, told the British "Times" reporter, "as long as the leave the piano, I muscles will shrink or distort. "
Fanbuluosi been estimated by the Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, torture, body cramps up to 4,000 times a day, "as if the body has a hub out of a monster, it constantly push and pull pull movement, resulting muscle tension, tooth fracture, eye pain. That is a very painful experience. "
However, as long as the Fanbuluosi the fingertips on the keyboard, the convulsions stopped. "I can not imagine a monster sitting in a chair listening to music, so the body would not have convulsions," he said, "playing a few seconds before I was finally able to feel the good feeling of the body back to normal."
Tortured
7-year-old one day, woke up suddenly find Fanbuluosi are beyond the control of the body to vibrate. Since then, he began to suffer random shouting and strong impulse to torment. Fanbuluosi 21 years old, that he began playing the piano tenth year, he was officially diagnosed with Tourette syndrome. This is the Tic of the most common diseases, the patient can not control the muscles twitch and voice, and in severe curse uncontrollably.
Nevertheless, Fanbuluosi at the Royal Academy of Music's ranking rose rapidly. Although the symptoms become more serious, Fanbuluosi had joined a professional touring band. Piano is his sole can alleviate the symptoms of "switch." Only very difficult concerto let him get to relax. "(Play Concerto) is the only thing I can get to ease the moment," said Fanbuluosi.
However, the Ershisiwu at the age of the fun of this is also the only abandoned him forever. In a piano competition, the Fanbuluosi's head suddenly began to shake, hands waving, unexplained to the audience against him sadly.
He therefore produce extreme sense of failure. "I can feel the eyes of the mercy of friends and relatives - 'poor guy, he gave up his dream'."
Blessing in disguise?
If there is no risk of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, Fanbuluosi will become a successful pianist do? "It's hard to say. Many people say my music has a sense of extraordinary clarity, energy and control, I can only say that these diseases are related to me," said Fanbuluosi.
Fanbuluosi told reporters that Tourette syndrome is also the reason for his love of music by Bach, "Bach's music, emotional control plays an important role for me, it gave me a sense of order, but the lack of feeling my body."
Extraordinary musical talent has been working with a number of neurological disorders linked to. It is speculated that Mozart is also suffering from Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Australian pianist David He Kauf-known in the film "shine," also revealed his struggle with the neurological disease experience.
Fanbuluosi worried that the audience came to listen to him playing out of curiosity Tourette syndrome. "They will hear the music, but not my cries. To see my jokes will not be met," said Fanbuluosi.