Nice review in Gramophone of my #Ravel biography: ‘Affecting in her examination of Ravel’s life – her account of his final illness is astonishingly moving – Kilpatrick’s discussions of the music are, in contrast, succinct, cool and finely judged…’

'We have to let him know we're here': a little essay on why writing Ravel's biography felt like a homecoming. emilykilpatrick.substack.com/p/we-have-to...

My #Ravel biography is published today by
@reaktionbooks ! This book began here, more than twenty years ago: at Le Belvédère, Ravel’s home from 1921 until his death.

I wrote a book! It's the story of the most entrancing of French composers, and it's published on Monday. I am informed by my nine-year-old that it is a 'very small book'. This means that it is also portable and inexpensive and is therefore perfect summer reading. Get to it (link follows...)!

Today is Maurice #Ravel’s 150th birthday! Here follows a thread of 62 Ravelian facts, quotes and stories, one for each year of his life. #Ravel150

This was a fun dive back into poetry nerd land. New article in Music & Letters up now:
academic.oup.com/ml/advance-a...

Thrilled to accept a Sheet Music Publication of the Year award at tonight’s #prestomusicawards2024. This volume was a joy to work on and it’s lovely to see it out in the world! All thanks to our marvellous colleagues at Peters / Faber and @RoyalAcadMusic www.fabermusic.com/shop/gabriel...

Today is Maurice Ravel’s birthday, which seems a good moment to announce that I’ve written a whole lot more about him: my new history of this extraordinary life and mind will be published by
@reaktionbooks
before he makes 150! Meanwhile… youtu.be/uEESwVDRwG4?...