Mike Batt - The Closest Thing to Crazy

Mike Batt - The Closest Thing to Crazy

Mike Batt is something of a phenomenon in the music world. Often described as a genuine polymath, Mike has come all the way from pop-chart success to conducting some of the greatest orchestras in the world, this year having seen the first performance of his Symphony No 1 – ‘Ukraine’. His memoir The Closest Thing to Crazy takes us not only on the up and down journey that has been Mike Batt's life b