James rhodes piano man rachmaninov biography
James rhodes piano man rachmaninov biography
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James Rhodes (pianist)
British pianist
Musical artist
James Edward Rhodes (born 6 March 1975) is a British-Spanish concertpianist and writer, and an activist for the protection of minors against sexual abuse in Spain.
Early life
James Edward Rhodes was born into a middle class Jewish family in St John's Wood, North London. He was educated at Arnold House School, a local all-boys privatepreparatory school.
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There, he experienced sexual abuse by his PE teacher, who died before he could appear in court. Rhodes suffered mentally as well as physically, including spinal damage, eating disorders and PTSD.[1]
Aged 7, he found a cassette tape of Bach-Busoni Chaccone in his father's music collection.
"Above all, it made him feel like even if it seemed as if the world really was a hostile and appalling place, it couldn’t be that bad because something this beautiful existed in it."[2] He started to take piano lessons at the age of 14, but did not progress formall