The spare, haunting melodies of composer and pianist Erik Satie have inspired a wide range of musicians, from his contemporary Claude Debussy to The Velvet Underground's John Cale. Guitarists Jonathan ...

Performances in N.Y.C. A century after the composer’s death, he is ubiquitous on relaxation playlists. Those just scratch the surface of a stranger, more complicated career. Credit...Photo12/Universal ...

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 ...

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 ...

An eccentric composer and figure of artistic Paris during the Belle Époque, Erik Satie left discreet traces that are capable ...

Aldo Ciccolini at the piano. Back in the 1960s, composer Erik Satie’s limpid, odd, but wonderful solo piano music became known largely through the recordings of the late Aldo Ciccolini, who very ...

Impressionist painter Claude Monet said his art was only for himself – “By nature, that means I’m selfish.” The Parisian Impressionist composer Erik Satie may have had similar feelings. Both were ...

This is starting to look like the year of Erik Satie. How else could there be two magnificent albums dedicated to his music? The first was Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen's The Satie Project (Daywood ...

A century after the death of the eccentric pianist and composer Erik Satie, 27 of his never-before-heard works are being released. Pianist Alexandre Tharaud has recorded the pieces, three of which ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Seth Colter Walls THE VEXATIONS By Caitlin Horrocks A curious form of mystery builds in “The ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Caitlin Horrocks about her debut novel, The Vexations. It's about French composer Erik Satie and his siblings. SIMON: One of the most haunting and evocative pieces of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The French composer Erik Satie felt compelled to scribble performance indications on his music, famously ...