Without the burden of straightforward biographical inventory, this inventive work of criticism sheds new light on the ...

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

Erik Satie called Vexations ‘simple, yet arduous’. Igor Levit is among the first pianists to perform it solo in public.

Penman does not impose an all-encompassing thesis. He avoids reading Satie’s life through the often overstated lenses of his ...

Famed for his minimalist works, classical pianist Erik Satie envisioned a new approach to his work that anticipated ambient music by several decades.

In his upcoming performance of Erik Satie’s piece ‘Vexations’ at London’s Southbank Centre, Levit will once again recreate ...

The notorious piano work Vexations by the smiling prankster of modern music Erik Satie is aptly named. What could be more ...

Vexations...is arguably the first ever piece of conceptual art. Erik Satie's Vexations is a single page of music whose instruction from the composer is for it to be ...

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