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. == See also ==