The Sad, Sorry Story Behind The Fraudster “Japanese Beethoven”

“The irony is that Mamoru Samuragochi didn’t have to lie. His story was compelling without embellishment. He was the child of Hiroshima survivors; he did have hearing problems; his brother did die young. If he and Niigaki had simply billed themselves as a team, they might have still shared fortune and fame. Instead, Samuragochi cultivated the image of a solitary genius.”

source ArtsJournal http://ift.tt/1AJ2aCO

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