Satie's ballet "Parade," with choreography by Massine and decor by Pablo Picasso, caused a scandal at its 1917 premiere, making him a hero to a younger group of composers known as Les Six.
Composer Biography
Satie briefly served in the military but deliberately courted a severe attack of bronchitis to shorten his service.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Satie's musical innovations were highly influential on his contemporaries Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and a younger generation of composers after World War I.
Performer Biography
Klara Kormendi, the Hungarian pianist on this recording, studied at the Bartók Conservatory and the Liszt Academy, receiving her diploma with distinction in 1967.
Composer Biography
Satie established his own mock religion, the Metropolitan Church of the Art of Jesus the Conductor, describing himself as 'Parcier et Maitre de Chapelle'.
Composer Biography
Satie was considered an eccentric by his contemporaries; Igor Stravinsky described him as the oddest, most rare, and witty person he had ever known.
Composer Biography
Erik Satie, a French composer, was born in Honfleur, Normandy, in 1866 and died in Paris in 1925.
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