Richard Kogan is a psychiatrist and a concert pianist. He is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and the artistic director of the Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Program. Kogan has gained international recognition for his lecture-recitals that explore the role of music in healing and the impact of psychological forces and psychiatric and medical illness on the creative output of the great composers. The New York Times has praised his “exquisite playing.” A recipient of the American College of Psychiatry Public Service Award, among other honors, Kogan has degrees from both The Juilliard School of Music and Harvard Medical School.
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Research supports the idea that creatives of all types are over-represented in the population dealing with mood disorders and other psychiatric challenges. Certainly some of t...