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.
文/庄加逊 来源:《解放日报》 詹姆斯·罗兹说:“这是一封写给音乐的情书。” 可我说,这是一本叫人坐立难安的书,它写尽人世间的黑暗、痛苦、沉沦、怯懦、眼泪与咒骂,也处处可见光明、快乐、静谧、反抗、无畏、微笑与感恩。 作者詹姆斯·罗兹6岁时被学校体育老师性侵,不止...
评分 评分文/庄加逊 来源:《解放日报》 詹姆斯·罗兹说:“这是一封写给音乐的情书。” 可我说,这是一本叫人坐立难安的书,它写尽人世间的黑暗、痛苦、沉沦、怯懦、眼泪与咒骂,也处处可见光明、快乐、静谧、反抗、无畏、微笑与感恩。 作者詹姆斯·罗兹6岁时被学校体育老师性侵,不止...
评分 评分- 每章搭配的音乐非常赞。虽然每一首我都颇熟,但是搭配书里的故事背景才更加感受到音乐里的情感和力量。这么说来我对古典音乐的表现力敏感度还是差很远。。。 - 每章开始的作曲家故事非常赞。无法想象这些人在经历这样的过去之后还能写出这样的音符。 - 作为钢琴家的脑残粉...
读的过程中哭了好几次。太多共鸣,不时要放下书缓缓。spotify上的playlist,每章开篇的曲目:https://open.spotify.com/user/canongate/playlist/5mmEdd2fEpEiejq4lg2jZE?ref=wp
评分听完的。书写得一般吧,没什么条理地谈了很多感受,但这样的人生际遇实在是不得不叫人感叹。能遇到音乐,能遇到这样的朋友和亲人,作者还是非常幸运的。ps: Audible 是真的不太好用……
评分painfully alive
评分painfully alive
评分读的过程中哭了好几次。太多共鸣,不时要放下书缓缓。spotify上的playlist,每章开篇的曲目:https://open.spotify.com/user/canongate/playlist/5mmEdd2fEpEiejq4lg2jZE?ref=wp
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