James Rhodes was born in London in 1975. A keen piano player, he was offered a scholarship when he was eighteen at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, but went to Edinburgh University instead. James stopped playing the piano entirely and dropped out after a year. After twelve months working at Burger King in Paris, he went to University College, London to read psychology. He then worked in the City for five years. After a period of personal crisis, he took up the piano again. He is now a professional and acclaimed concert pianist, writer and TV presenter.
James Rhodes' passion for music has been his absolute lifeline. It has been the thread that has held him together through a life that has encompassed pain, conflict and turmoil. Listening to Rachmaninov on a loop as a traumatised teenager or discovering an Adagio by Bach while in a hospital ward - such exquisite miracles of musical genius have helped him survive his demons, and, along with a chance encounter with a stranger, inspired him to become the renowned concert pianist he is today.
This is a memoir like no other: unapologetically candid, boldly outspoken and surprisingly funny - James' prose is shot through with an unexpectedly mordant wit, even at the darkest of moments. An impassioned tribute to the therapeutic powers of music, Instrumental also weaves in fascinating facts about how classical music actually works and about the extraordinary lives of some of the great composers. It explains why and how music has the potential to transform all of our lives.
發表於2024-11-23
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也許,有的讀者是被這本書的副標題“充滿癲狂、藥物與鋼琴的前半生”所吸引,我是在2017年上海書展上遇到這本書時隨手一翻時讀到:,“它(拉威爾《鋼琴三重奏》長達四個樂章,要求演奏傢們有近乎超人般的精湛技藝,這是個鏇轉著色彩和夢幻的萬花筒。他說他曾有過的唯一的愛慕...
評分 評分也許,有的讀者是被這本書的副標題“充滿癲狂、藥物與鋼琴的前半生”所吸引,我是在2017年上海書展上遇到這本書時隨手一翻時讀到:,“它(拉威爾《鋼琴三重奏》長達四個樂章,要求演奏傢們有近乎超人般的精湛技藝,這是個鏇轉著色彩和夢幻的萬花筒。他說他曾有過的唯一的愛慕...
評分文/莊加遜 來源:《解放日報》 詹姆斯·羅茲說:“這是一封寫給音樂的情書。” 可我說,這是一本叫人坐立難安的書,它寫盡人世間的黑暗、痛苦、沉淪、怯懦、眼淚與咒罵,也處處可見光明、快樂、靜謐、反抗、無畏、微笑與感恩。 作者詹姆斯·羅茲6歲時被學校體育老師性侵,不止...
圖書標籤: 古典音樂 傳記 鋼琴 pianist mental biography 音樂 music
讀的過程中哭瞭好幾次。太多共鳴,不時要放下書緩緩。spotify上的playlist,每章開篇的麯目:https://open.spotify.com/user/canongate/playlist/5mmEdd2fEpEiejq4lg2jZE?ref=wp
評分聽完的。書寫得一般吧,沒什麼條理地談瞭很多感受,但這樣的人生際遇實在是不得不叫人感嘆。能遇到音樂,能遇到這樣的朋友和親人,作者還是非常幸運的。ps: Audible 是真的不太好用……
評分painfully alive
評分在victimhood上的解釋非常令人産生共鳴 本想著繼續哀怨下去 讀到後麵給瞭個大雞湯 音樂治愈人心
評分聽完的。書寫得一般吧,沒什麼條理地談瞭很多感受,但這樣的人生際遇實在是不得不叫人感嘆。能遇到音樂,能遇到這樣的朋友和親人,作者還是非常幸運的。ps: Audible 是真的不太好用……
Instrumental 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載