French composer and pianist Erik Satie was born #OTD in 1866.
In the 1880s he began composing works, mostly for solo piano, such as his Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes. He is known for his unconventional and innovative approach to music. He is often considered a precursor to movements such as minimalism, surrealism, and the avant-garde. Satie's work was influential to many 20th-century composers, including Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
"Bread" is a 1930 silent Ukrainian film banned in the USSR by Soviet censors.
It was rediscovered in the 70s and recently, my friend Luke Corradine, an award-winning composer, composed music for it.
This film was premiered in February at the Alborada Classica Music Festival in Granada, by whom it was commissioned. The piano at the premier was played by famed Australian pianist, Duncan Gifford.
🌼☀️🎶 On trace la route avec Mona Kazu et ce soir vendredi 17 mai on joue à 20h30 à DATA à Marseille (13) et il y aura aussi Ejira Woon. C'est notre 1ère fois à Marseille, rholalah ça va être bien !
👉 44 Rue des Bons Enfants, 13006 Marseille, France #concert#cineconcert#music#livemusic#marseille
Odd fact of pop music history and UK politics: Roy Wood, a founding member of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra, was a member of UKIP för many years and then joined the Brexit Party.