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Toccata in C major, BWV 564: Bach/Busoni
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Opus 109: Beethoven
Etude No. 12 in C minor, Opus 25: Chopin
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The Man Making Beethoven Sexy Click here to download James' feature in The Times Magazine. 10 July 2010 Now Would All Freudians Please Stand Aside Click here to read the 9/10 Classics Today review by Jed Distler, July 2010 James Rhodes, Gramophone Click here for the album review by Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone. July 2010 BBC Music Magazine Click here to read Michael Church's review of Now Would All Freudians Please Stand Aside. July 2010 Gramophone talks to...James Rhodes Click here to read about James reaching new audiences. July 2010 "Of pills and pianos" Click here to read James' "Classical pianist with rock star attitude" interview with Laura Battle. Financial Times, Saturday 5 June 2010 James Rhodes interview: this clown can play Beethoven Click here to read James' interview with Damian Thompson. Daily Telegraph, Thursday 20 May 2010 On Clowns and Father Figures: Once Again, Pianist James Rhodes Click here for Jennifer Hambrick's album review from WOSU radio Columbus, Ohio. 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The Times, Friday 26 March 2010 Meet James Rhodes Click here to read the Jessica Duchen's intro to James, Thurs 25 March 2010 James Rhodes signs to Warner Bros Records Click here to read Gramophone article, Wednesday 24 March 2010 James wows Barbados audiences Click here to read about James' performance at the Holders Festival, Barbados on 19 March 2010 Bach/Busoni; Beethoven; J.S.Bach; Bach/Marcello Click here to read Musical Pointers review of Now Would All Freudians Please Stand Aside by Peter Grahame Woolf, 15 March 2010 Alex Ross - The rest is...applause Click here to read Charlotte Gardner's mention of James in Gramophone, Tuesday 9 March 2010 Why does this clown think he can play late Beethoven? Because he can. Click here to read the full review in the Telegraph by Damian Thompson, Sunday 8 March 2010 Make Over Beethoven? 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Who: James Rhodes Click here to see James Rhodes mentioned in the Saturday Times Magazine as the 'One to Watch' Friday 23 May 2009 James Rhodes: how Beethoven became my drug Click here to read James Rhodes' thoughts on Beethoven, Solitude, Downloads and Redemption. Featured in The Times, T2, Friday 22 May 2009 James Rhodes at Roundhouse, NW1Click here to read the outstanding 4 star review in The Times for James' Roundhouse concert by Geoff Brown, Friday 15 May 2009 'Man of the moments' Click here to read Ivan Hewett's review in The Daily Telegraph for the Roundhouse concert, Friday 15 May 2009 'Pianist with a passion to save the classics' Click here to read the review feature for James' Roundhouse concert in the Camden New Journal. Article by Dan Carrier, Thursday 14 May 2009 'Light wit and dark lives of the great composers' 'All Rhodes Lead to the Roundhouse' Hardcore Classical "The Bach is a delight, the Beethoven has real depth, the Bach-Busoni Chaconne is reflective and powerfully charged by turns...An impressive debut" "Rhodes is a fine musician ..his performance of Bach's fifth French Suite is a delight" Time Out Chicago International Piano Magazine Classic Music Magazine Razor Blades, Little Pills and Big Pianos 'On The Edge' James Rhodes, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London This Week's Must-Have, Must-See, Must-Do Ivories league The Month's Hottest New Albums 'Core classical saved my life' The Londoner's Diary James Rhodes: Will he make it? “James Rhodes astonished me at his début with his perfect playing, and there has been no looking back. He has the naturalness of Nastase and the innocence of a music reader without formal education from childhood, and therefore unfettered by over-instructions. James will deservedly go far.” Sir David Tang OBE, President of the London Bach Society, Advisor to the London Symphony Orchestra and member of the chairman's committee of Southbank Centre |
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& June 20th 2010 @ Udderbelly @ 7pm Friday, March 19th 2010 Saturday, September 26th 2009 @ Tabernacle at 8pm Tuesday, July 14th 2009 @ 100 Club at 7:30pm Monday, July 13th 2009 @ Proud Galleries at 7.30pm Wednesday, May 13th 2009 @ The Roundhouse at 7:00pm Saturday, May 2nd 2009 @ The Red Hedgehog at 8:00pm Friday, February 6th 2009 @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1 at 7:30pm Tuesday, January 27th 2009 @ Harrow School Musical Society at 9:30pm Thursday, December 4th 2008 @ The Methodist Church November 7th 2008, Steinway Hall
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“Classical music is stereotyped as an art of the dead, a repertory that begins with Bach and terminates with Mahler and Puccini.” Alex Ross in The Rest is Just Noise. Those not attuned to the "demi-monde" that the classical music world inhabits could perhaps shorten the above quote and end it at the word "dead". Finding the poetry between the music as text and the music as performance, evidently takes sheer talent. We are used to this gift being inherited either through generations of musical DNA and or formidably strict patterns of prepubescent indoctrination. Rhodes' story does not fit the above prerequisites. He has no formal academic musical education or dedicated mentoring. The title of the debut album "Razor Blades Little Pills and Big Pianos", hints at the suffering that dogged Rhodes's childhood and early adult life. Classical music became his solace and key to his survival. It was Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, not Faith Hope and Charity, that offered comfort. In 1993, mental health issues stopped him taking up a scholarship to the Guildhall. A chance meeting, 10 years later, with Franco Panozzo, agent to Russian concert pianist virtuoso, Grigori Sokolov. Panozzo arranged for James to have a brief tutorage by the renowned piano teacher Edoardo Strabbioli in Verona Italy. Suffering further setbacks due to health issues it was not until 2008, when Rhodes met his present manager, Denis Blais, that he was encouraged to record his first CD. This enabled him to bare his soul and put many of the ghosts of the past to rest. With Blais, Rhodes also created a distinctive and unique approach to how the classical piano repertoire should be presented. Uncomfortable with the austere and traditional 'white tie and tails' recital they decided it was time for the performer to communicate directly with the audience. Rhodes was going to introduce his own programme notes and share what it takes to perform these works of art using fascinating anecdotes about the composers and his own life experience. Delivered in his unique trademark stand-up style he creates an immersive experience that has won him and classical music a dedicated new following. 2008/2009 saw his profile go from complete unknown to rising star, attracting celebrity followers such as Stephen Fry and Sir David Tang. Having performed in non-traditional classical venues such as the 100 Club, the Tabernacle and Proud Galleries, James built on this new revolutionary performance approach. The pinnacle performance being at London's historical Roundhouse where he was the first classical pianist to perform since it's reopening. In March 2010, Rhodes became the first core classical pianist to be signed to the world's largest rock label Warner Bros Records. |
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