The man was wearing a formal black suit and tie.
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Hospital seeks identity of man who won't speak but plays piano.
Piano Man
LONDON, England -- British authorities trying to identify a mute pianist found wandering on a beach have been given more than 300 possible names, but have yet to establish his identity.
Health officials, who have joined forces with police to solve a mystery which has attracted global attention, said they had received more than 600 calls about the possible identity of the man.
A spokesman for health authorities in Kent, southern England, where the man was found on April 7 clad in a dripping-wet suit, from which all the labels had been cut, said reports he could be French were only "speculation."
Police in Rome said a Polish mime artist had identified the pianist found as a French musician from Nice named Steve Massone, although Massone's family has denied this.
An Italian Web site on Wednesday said the man could be Martin Sturefalt, a touring classical pianist from Sweden who had previously studied in London.
All efforts to communicate with the shy and agitated man, who is in his 20s or early 30s, have failed, leaving experts baffled over his identity.
Staff at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham gave the tall, blonde man a pen and paper in the hope he would write his name or draw his country's flag.
Instead, he drew highly detailed pictures of a grand piano, showing not only the keys, but also the intricate inner workings of the instrument.
When shown a piano in the hospital chapel, he played classical music "beautifully." Since then, he has written music, but remains mute.
Social worker Michael Camp said: "I cannot get within a yard of him without him becoming very anxious. Yet at the piano he comes alive. I can stand close to him and he is oblivious. It is extraordinary."
It was initially thought the man, who has been described as "very vulnerable," may have attended a local funeral, but inquiries proved he had not been to any services nearby.
Interpreters from Poland, Latvia and Lithuania were brought in to see if he was from Eastern Europe, and possibly an asylum seeker, but no-one could get through to the man, who is tall and thin.
He is now being held in a secure mental health unit in Kent, southern England, until a full assessment has been carried out.
The West Kent NHS Trust spokesman added: "The overwhelming response from the public, both in the UK and abroad, means there is a large quantity of information to sift through and this process will begin today.
"As soon as there is any news on the identity of Mr X we will make a further statement. This will not be today.
"Mr X continues to be cared for by the Trust, and there has been no change in his condition."
The case has drawn comparisons with the Oscar-winning 1996 film Shine, which tells the moving story of acclaimed pianist David Helfgott who suffered a nervous breakdown while playing.
The man drew detailed pictures of a grand piano.
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English 'piano man' silent but poses riddle(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-19 08:45
LONDON: A smartly dressed man found wandering in a soaking wet suit near an English beach has baffled police and care workers for more than a month after he refused to say a word and then gave a virtuoso piano performance.
(Mime artist identifies Britain's mute 'Piano Man' as a French street performer. [Canadian Press])
The man, wearing a formal black suit and tie, was spotted by police in Kent on April 8 and taken to a psychiatric unit where it proved impossible to identify him because he stayed silent.
It was only after he was given a pen and paper that carers were given an intriguing clue to his possible background when he drew an intricate picture of a grand piano.
He was taken to the hospital's chapel where he played classical music on the piano for hours.
However, despite his picture being posted on the National Missing Persons Helpline's (NMPH) Web site, no one has come forward to identify him.
"Very little is known about him as he has not been speaking with staff at the hospital where he is being cared for, but he has a talent for playing classical piano," an NMPH spokesman said in a statement.
Michael Camp, a rapid response social worker who had dealings with the man while he was in Gillingham, expressed reservations about the move, saying: "When he plays the piano his demeanour is completely different. He is extremely relaxed and completely oblivious to people around him. He is completely immersed in the music and the piano."
Newspapers said members of the public had contacted authorities to say they may have seen the man giving concert performances around Europe.
The Daily Telegraph said the man, in his 20s or 30s, is believed to be English and may have suffered a mental breakdown.
But some other people suggested he could be a talented young Swedish pianist who divides his time between Scandinavia and the United Kingdom and plays the Wigmore Hall in London next month.
One person wondered if he was the depressive musician from the north-west of England whom she knew in the 80s, while another seemed to remember him as a student from a college in Canterbury.
The authorities were deluged by calls from people on Monday who believed they might have a clue to the identity of the "piano man."
By Monday night staff at the National Missing Persons' hotline were sifting through hundreds of calls hoping to identify the man.
Someone flagged up a close physical similarity between the "piano man" and a young musician called Martin Sturefalt who has bases in Stockholm and London. The lead seemed particularly promising as the stranger had pointed to a picture of a Swedish flag when shown an atlas.
However, Sturefalt was found to be in good spirits though a little bemused when tracked down to his Stockholm flat. "It is very sad," he said. "I have tried to think who it could be but really cannot imagine."
The story of this mysterious "piano man" echoes the 1996 Oscar-winning film "Shine," in which an Australian pianist named David Helfgott overcame a nervous breakdown to return to performing.
Street mime among 600 with tips on `Piano Man'
LONDON -- Many callers have offered information about the mysterious "Piano Man," including a mime who said he was a fellow street musician, but the hospital patient who loves to play Tchaikovsky has yet to be positively identified, officials said Wednesday.
Michael Camp, the man's social worker, acknowledged claims by a Polish immigrant in Rome who believes the Piano Man is a street musician from France, but he said officials will continue to investigate more than 600 tips they have received from as far away as Australia.
"I'm concerned that we don't just stop at the step of this particular person," Camp said. "He might be him, but at the same time he might not be."
Italian police said that Polish mime Dariusz Dydymski approached them claiming that the pianist, who was found wandering, distraught and soaking wet in southeast England on April 7, is Steven Villa Masson, with whom he worked in Nice, the French resort.
Hospital officials Monday released a photograph of a tall, thin man with blond hair, believed to be in his 20s or early 30s.
He hasn't said a word since being found but has drawn intricate pictures of pianos for staff at the Medway Maritime Hospital at Gillingham, where he was taken, and played on the chapel piano, performing snippets of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and the music of John Lennon.
The man is being cared for at a psychiatric unit in Dartford and is regularly playing a piano provided for him by a newspaper.
Adrian Lowther, a spokesman for the West Kent National Health Service Trust, which is caring for Piano Man, said officials have received calls and e-mail from Australia, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands.
"They are just suggestions. . . . We can't rule any of them in or out," he said.
Italian police said they have taken a statement from Dydymski for British authorities.
The British press has likened the case to the Oscar-winning 1996 movie "Shine," about acclaimed pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a nervous breakdown while playing. But Piano Man seems to be more an accomplished amateur.
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Glazba je jako dobar način samospoznaje, manipulacije ... Možda je otišao predaleko , možda im je odsvirao koju borbenu . Postoji (rasa) izvan naših područja koja komunicira iskljuivo glazbom , možda ih je prizvao pa su se ovi "naši" pobojali za vlastite "guzice"???? 
Da samo mogu - prestala bih opet jesti meso, ali zasad ne ide.
