On the keyboard, the young hands fly rapidly and the melody rises. For the child, nothing is easier; he hears the sounds in his head. These hands belong to 6-year-old
André Mathieu. He won his audiences and fired up concerts halls in London, New York, Paris and around the world. Adulated, hailed, praised, the child prodigy seemed to have everything to succeed.
From the top of his vertiginous successes, to depths of torment, the life of the "Little Canadian Mozart" blends into his music. A romantic and passionate composer
wishing for happiness, his story is nevertheless played on tragic notes.
It was very interesting. However not a true to the facts as it could have been. One if you research Andre Mathieu his mother didn't seem to play such a control force in his life. Two he went away to Paris by himself when he was 14 and when he returned he seemed to be a changed man for the worst. Alcohol took over his life. There is no mention that his mother was also a teacher of the cello and that his father didn't want to teach him because he felt music was regarded as a pauper's job. He was not regarded as Canadian's Mozart but as Quebec's Mozart. Plus his parents were given a grant to finance his training in Paris when they first went as a family to Paris which makes me questioned
Fascinating. I didn't realize it was based on a true story until the end.