James Rhodes was born in London in 1975. A keen piano player, at eighteen he was offered a scholarship 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. He ended up working in the City for five years. After a devastating mental breakdown that led him to be institutionalised, he took the piano up again. He is now a professional and applauded concert pianist, writer and TV presenter. His memoir, Instrumental, was published to great critical acclaim and became an international bestseller, as did his short book How To Play the Piano.
La música fue su salvación. James Rhodes fue víctima de abusos durante su infancia y su vida ha estado marcada por esa tragedia. Escuchar a Rajmáninov en bucle durante su adolescencia y descubrir el Adagio de Bach en un ala psiquiátrica le ayudó a combatir sus demonios y a transformar...
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