The absurd titles of Erik Satie’s compositions would provoke howls of laughter at concerts in early 20th-century Paris. Some critics condemned Satie’s eccentricities — but a new book argues that his ...

Written by Erik Satie in 1893, Vexations” is described as “one of classical music’s most simple, yet arduous and demanding works”. Satie’s manuscript included a composer’s note ...

On the centenary of Erik Satie’s death, music critic Ian Penman wants to downplay the few garish facts people might have picked up about the subject of his new book. It takes 37 pages ...

Quietly dreaming up a radical rethink of music’s presence in life, French pianist Erik Satie envisioned a new approach to compositions whose legacy would only be felt decades later. A restless and ...

In Erik Satie: Three Piece Suite, a study of the avant-garde pianist, Ian Penman resists the urge to categorise Satie neatly, avoiding the reductive tendencies that often plague biographies.

Erik Satie was a French composer and pianist born in 1866. He was, to put it lightly, eccentric. He started his musical career playing in cabaret-cafes in Montmartre in Paris, and did not complete his ...

Once Igor Levit starts playing Erik Satie at 10 a.m. on 24 April at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, he can expect to be there for a long time. Satie’s Vexations is a piece that looks innocent enough, like ...

Toch blijft de Satie-collectie van heel wisselende kwaliteit. Hoe visionair de componist ook was, aan zijn oefenstukken heb je nog weinig boodschap. Niettemin biedt het geheel een kleurrijk panorama.

Satie's Instagram post featured a throwback photo of the father and son which he described as "a pic of me getting my first camera for my birthday" Paul Redmond/WireImage Satie Gossett is ...

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