Sophie Olivia is a London-based pianist & composer writing cinematic piano solos. I’ve been playing classical piano for over 25 years, and in 2018, I was offered my dream scholarship to study classical piano at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. However, before I could begin, I developed chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), rendering me incapacitated and unable to fulfil this lifelong dream. Though devastating, I found a strange sense of freedom in hitting rock bottom, and it unlocked something in me creatively—I began composing again after years of feeling blocked.