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A Life of Music and Wolves
Riverhead
September 2006
On Sale: September 7, 2006
256 pages
ISBN: 1594489270
EAN: 9781594489273
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A celebrated French pianist's poignant story of her journey
from her early days as a student in Paris to her life as the
founder of a wolf conservation center in upstate New York. A gifted pianist from a young age, Hélène Grimaud made her
first recording at the age of fifteen and won the French
equivalent of a Grammy at sixteen. She is a classical music
star whose concerts continue to draw sellout crowds all over
Europe and North America. But it wasn't until she met her
first wolf that she discovered there was something missing
in her life. Late one night in 1991, Grimaud encountered a wolf-dog
hybrid in Florida and felt an immediate, instinctual
connection to the animal-one that the wolf also seemed to
share. Determined to do what she could to protect this
threatened species, she committed her time and resources to
becoming certified to found her own wolf preserve on the
grounds of her home in New York State. Today, the master
pianist acts as a tireless advocate for wolves, a species
she believes has been unfairly demonized throughout history.
In turn, the animals have given her a sense of freedom that
she has never before experienced, even as an artist. In a beautifully rendered personal story that weaves the
tale of a musical prodigy's rise to stardom with one of an
animal lover learning to communicate on a level as primal as
music, Hélène Grimaud touches, astonishes, and delights with
her remarkable insight and passion.
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