Out of Tune (18 page)

Peter Helfgott’s three-wheeler motor bike, on which he used to take the Helfgott children for hair-raising rides. (PETER HELFGOTT)

Margaret with Frank Arndt in Perth, 1996.

David’s piano teacher, Madame Alice Carrard, aged 97, and Margaret Helfgott, in 1994.

A photo taken of the musical Helfgott family to mark Margaret’s appearance in the state finals of the Concerto & Vocal competition
in Perth, 1967.
Back row, from left:
Peter, Margaret, Rae;
front row:
Suzie, Louise, Leslie. (David was studying in London at the time.) The portrait of Margaret on the piano was done by Mrs.
Adela Shaw of Melbourne, an artist friend of Rae and Peter Helfgott.

David at 14, with his favorite black cat at his feet at our home in Perth, 1961. (MARGARET HELFGOTT)

David and Margaret, playing a two-piano work at Dorothy Crofts house, 1980. (RAE HELFGOTT)

Leslie
(on violin)
and David
(on piano
) with Mom, and Davids close friend Dorothy Croft, 1980.

David with Reverend Robert Fairman at Gildercliffe Lodge, 1982.

Rae Helfgott in 1980. (MARGARET HELFGOTT)

Rae Helfgott with
(left to right)
my brothers and sisters David, Leslie, Louise and Suzie, 1975. David was living happily at home with his parents at this
time, after coming out of the hospital. Peter Helfgott was nursing him full-time. (MARGARET HELFGOTT)

Peter Helfgott’s grave site, with the stone the Helfgott family had inscribed “In Loving Memory.”

David and his teacher, Hungarian-born Madame Alice Carrard, the grand old lady of Perth’s musical circles, in approximately
1985.

Leslie playing violin with David in 1990, straight out of the swimming pool. David goes swimming almost every day, whatever
the weather. In January 1988, he was proud to play at the opening of the World Swimming Championships.