From his ambient Gymnopédies to his posthumously published Vexations, here are some of Erik Satie's most extraordinary works.

The world of art and performance is no stranger to extraordinary challenges, but few can rival the upcoming marathon by Russian-German pianist Igor Levit. Levit is set to perform Erik Satie’s short ...

Next month, one of classical music’s rarest monsters will be heard on the stage of London’s Southbank Centre: Erik Satie’s Vexations. The famed pianist Igor Levit will play this ...

This ability is to be seen in more recent music by Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, The Smiths and Nick Cave.

Erik Satie's Vexations is a single ... and other aspects of his piano writing foreshadowed American-style minimalism and ambient music that takes us from Arvo Pärt’s Für Alina in 1976 to ...

From one page of sheet music, Russian-German pianist Igor Levit will create a near day-long event. In his upcoming ...

The extreme simplicity of many of Satie’s pieces ... the world record holder for the longest duration of any piece of music, his Vexations, played in New York in 1963, a 180-note piano piece with ...

Next month, one of classical music’s rarest monsters will be heard on the stage of London’s Southbank Centre: Erik Satie’s Vexations. The famed pianist Igor Levit will play this extraordinary piece, ...