Tonight!

April 2026

Tonight, Monday 27th April, we will now have, postponed from February, Tim Rowe and Alan Doel will present:  “Eric Satie: Gymnopediste!” 7:30 start as usual.

Erik Satie was born May 17, 1866, Honfleur, Calvados, France and died July 1, 1925, Paris). He was a French composer whose spare, unconventional, often witty style exerted a major influence on 20th-century music, particularly in France.

Suzanne Valadon: Portrait of Erik Satie
Suzanne Valadon: Portrait of Erik SatiePortrait of Erik Satie, oil on canvas by Suzanne Valadon, 1892; in the National Museum of Modern Art, Paris.

Satie studied at the Paris Conservatory, dropped out, and later worked as a café pianist. From 1898 he lived alone in Arcueil, a Paris suburb.

Free if it’s your first visit.

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