Hermann Szobel

Hermann Szobel (born 1958) is an Austrian former pianist and composer. He produced and recorded a single jazz fusion album, Szobel, at the age of 18, demonstrating, in the words of a DownBeat reviewer (9 September 1976), "a conception and technique far in advance of most musicians twice his age."

Biography Szobel was born in 1958 in Vienna, Austria to mother Sonja (née Grajonca) Szobel. Szobel is the nephew of promoter Bill Graham.

Szobel was "a child prodigy who began his classical training at the age of six" who "spent the majority of his practicing hours on pieces by Chopin." Pianists Martial Solal and Keith Jarrett were two major influences on his work. The album "Szobel" features extremely complicated compositions comparable to those of Frank Zappa. the album "Szobel" was issued on CD by Laser's Edge in 2012.

Hermann Szobel disappeared from the music world after this album. Szobel agreed to record the conversation, but you cannot see his face in Kozyra's movie. He was living like a homeless man, eating what he could find in the streets, but still being an artist.