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Front Row: Pianist James Rhodes talks to John Wilson

Pianist James Rhodes talks to John Wilson

31/08/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Pianist James Rhodes talks to John Wilson

Concert pianist James Rhodes talks to John Wilson.

As he prepares for a concert tour of the UK, British pianist James Rhodes discusses his controversial autobiography Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music.

When pianist James Rhodes had an injunction overturned by the Supreme Court in May, he was finally able to publish his controversial autobiography, Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music. 

At the piano he talks to John Wilson about the horror of the severe sexual abuse he suffered at prep school, his struggle to get his memoir published, and how music provided a lifeline to help him cope with his demons, which included addiction, breakdown and mental illness.

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Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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