Music of George Gershwin- The Training Institute for Mental Health

Save The Date!  The Mind and Music of George Gershwin December 4th, 2015 7:00 PM  Kosciuszko Foundation House 15 East 65th Street New York, NY Harvard educated psychiatrist and Juilliard trained concert pianist Dr. Richard Kogan will give a lecture/concert that explores the impact of psychological factors and psychiatric illness on the creative output of the great American composer George Gershwin (1898-1937). The discussion will be illuminated by performances of Gershwin masterpieces such as Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess. Dr. Kogan has a distinguished career both as a concert pianist and as a psychiatrist. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Artistic Director of the Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Program, he has been praised for his "exquisite playing" by the New York Times, and the Boston Globe wrote that "Kogan has somehow managed to excel at the world's two most demanding professions."  He has gained international renown for his presentations that explore the role of music in healing and the impact of psychiatric and medical illness on the works of composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.