Probably the darkest piece in the Katawa Shoujo piano collections, the 7-minute piece "Moment of Decision" takes you through anguish, sadness, and despair. Though there are a few glimpses of hope when the E Major theme briefly emerges. Enjoy! youtu.be/LELkWHnzo2s

Please enjoy my performance of Innocence, written and arranged for piano by Sebastien Skaf. It's a very sweet piano piece that takes you on a pleasant little journey. ☺️ youtu.be/Y9-nIA4_Rcw

New video out - Jitter from Katawa Shoujo! Composed and arranged by Sebastien Skaf, this is probably the most technically challenging and impressive pieces from the whole collection. And the shortest at just over a minute! Enjoy! youtu.be/rKfhG_FiCwI @materiacollective.com

My show and appearances at @vgmcon.bsky.social !! Can’t wait to rock the house with these guys @giocko.bsky.social @joedifioremusic.bsky.social @88bit.bsky.social @dompalombimusic.bsky.social @laceyjohnsonmusic.bsky.social

Honored to be nominated along with Sebastien Skaf for our cover of L'Etoile for the Game Music Remix Awards! Congrats to all the nominees!

New collab video from @nicomendozamusic.bsky.social just dropped! I had a lot of fun recording the piano part for this. Enjoy! youtu.be/t-MrnjoMmyE

Happy Friday the 13th (via @robkovacs.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYbX...

A Mario playlist of straight bangers

Thrilled to be performing in San Francisco for @official_gdc this week and joined by the sensational, Amanda Achen! The concert is outdoors at the Yerba Buena Gardens, free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

Lauren just reposted cover we did from years ago but it still holds up (I have a different piano now.) Thanks for asking me to collab, Lauren!

Shoutout to @davidpiano.bsky.social, who transcribed 2 Straylight songs - Star Forge and The Last Campfire - into lead sheets, now available for free on VGLeadsheets. If you want to play or cover them, these charts are a great place to start! vgleadsheets.com/view/straylight/star-forge

Listen to my performance of "Painful History" from the Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections composed and arranged by Sebastien Skaf. It is one of the simpler yet most somber pieces in the entire collection. Enjoy! youtu.be/DRiyu7E9J3A

I'm super pumped for MAGFest this weekend! You can catch me playing with - @megaran.com , VGM Collective and GLHF! You can also hear a recording of me playing during The Tiberian Sons set. I'll have a limited amount of merch with me as well. See you soon!

Join me Saturday at 8:15 EST for Press Play a charity event supporting @HopeForTheDay at twitch.tv/robkovacs

I'm excited to announce I'll be a featured guest performing with the Video Game Symphony at the Akron Civic Theater, Sat, Nov 22 at 7:30. They have a great program planned and I'm stoked to be a part of it! Go to videogamesymphony.com for tickets and info. I hope to see you there!

If you missed the Pixels & Melodies video game music concert in Munich a few months back, fret not! You can now watch @julieelven.bsky.social and @robkovacs.bsky.social / @88bit.bsky.social’s live performance of Strange Flower from Corpse Factory on YouTube!!! youtu.be/LA-cjGIsSZc?...

For Your GRAMMY® Consideration for BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO - Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections Here is Raindrops and Puddles by composer Sebastien Skaf - one of the strongest compositions which also features some of my best piano playing on the album. Enjoy! youtu.be/PwJ8CpWa-kc

My arrangement of Sidon's Theme from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is out on all streaming services. Audio and sheet music is available through Patreon. Any thoughts or comments are appreciated! youtu.be/2oV7WOm2teE

My Severance Hall debut performing my Gusty Garden Galaxy piano cadenza with The Video Game Symphony. It was quite a thrill!

Please take a moment to enjoy my performance of "Concord" from the Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections composed and arranged by Sebastien Skaf and released by @materiacollective.com youtu.be/Wt1j6ONm5hg A big thank you @kim-sutton.bsky.social for her wonderful editing of this video. 🙏

Watch "Air" from Katawa Shoujo written and arranged by Sebastien Skaf. This is part of the official Piano Collections that I recently recorded for @materiamusic.com. Let me know what you think! A huge thanks to @kim-sutton.bsky.social for helping film and edit the video! youtu.be/6eLfXg5hdyA

Two new @CuragaRecords Video Game LoFi albums -- Final Fantasy and Paper Mario! I collabed with producer @HotlineSehwani co-arranging and playing the piano for "Main Title" from Paper Mario. And you can hear my piano on Lunar Serenade (FFXVI), produced by Save Point and Wutai. #vgm #vgmvinyl

Wanna hear some Game Tunes live? 🎶 @88bit.bsky.social and @julieelven.bsky.social are performing in Munich TOMORROW, June 18th! Don't miss out on an incredible evening of video game music. Tickets are still available here: www.eventbrite.de/e/pixels-mel...

1 week till we perform in Germany!

I figured I'd share a little background on how this Katawa Shoujo project came to be. If interested you can read about it here - www.robkovacsmusic.com/blog/katawa-...

To celebrate the release of the Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections, here is a video of probably my favorite piece from the album - Romance in Andante. Composed by Sebastien Skaf, this lovely Chopin-inspired piece with sparkling right hand flourishes was a joy to learn. Enjoy! youtu.be/47Mk-dazY9E

I'm excited for you all to hear this. :)

The Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections album is now out everywhere on @materiacollective.com! This album features my best piano playing to date and appeals to lovers of classical piano music. Everything was recorded in my home studio on a Boston grand piano. Listen here open.spotify.com/album/3SfsVW...

Sounds like Chopin… But it’s actually from the visual novel @Katawa_Shoujo. 🎮🎹 Music by Sebastien Skaf 🎧 Full performance in comments #KatawaShoujo #VGM #Piano #IndieGame #ChopinVibes #EmotionalMusic

From L’Étoile (Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections) The challenge here is bringing out the melody clearly and not letting it get obscured by the background accompaniment. Do you hear all 3 layers? #pianist #piano #vgm

New video drop! L’étoile — by Sebastien Skaf — is one of the most beautiful and deceptively challenging pieces on my upcoming Katawa Shoujo piano album. Watch the full performance: youtu.be/ec8ARWA7-cM @materiacollective.com @materiaeditions.com

Huge news! I’m performing my first-ever European 88bit piano concert—live in Munich, Germany on June 18! AND, I’ll be joined by the breathtaking soundtrack vocalist @julieelven.bsky.social! Huge thanks to composer @alecshea.com for making this concert happen. www.eventbrite.de/e/pixels-mel...

After 7 months of intense practicing, recording and mixing the music, I've finally submitted the final track for the Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections album. What a project this has been! 😅 It's been quite exhausting especially with all the other performing, traveling and recording I've been doing.

I'm very excited to share the first video from the upcoming Katawa Shoujo Piano Collections, which I’ve been recording and are scheduled for release this June on @materiacollective.com! (thread)

Legend has it this is how the Donkey Kong Country soundtrack was conceived

I'm excited to share my latest video game piano arrangement: Game Corner (from Pokémon Gold & Silver) by composed @goichinose.bsky.social! I recorded and arranged this for the VGM Pianists Pokémon tribute album — and you should definitely check that out too! 🎧 ➡️ youtu.be/PgqDgYwIP8w (1/3)

The VGM Pianists just released a tribute album to Pokémon which features my first ever Pokémon arrangement - Game Corner from Gold & Silver! It's a very rhythmic, high-energy song that really slaps! Give it a listen as well as the whole album here - fanlink.tv/PokemonVGMPi...

This Saturday at 7:30 EDT, I’ll be performing my Marble Madness piano arrangement at the North American Conference on Video Game Music in Cleveland! 🎹🕹️ It’s a 2-day event full of fascinating talks on VGM. Join online or in person: nacvgm.org #ludomusicology #nacvgm

New collab with Dom!

The sheet music for my Radical Dreamers arrangement is out now! It’s a detailed transcription of my performance—expertly transcribed by Pablo Enver and carefully edited by me. Hope you enjoy playing it! 🎹 www.musicnotes.com/l/TTFrJ

I have new music out today! -- L'Etoile from Katawa Shoujo composed by Sebastien Skaf. It's a very serene and beautiful little piece -- one of my favorites from the collection that I've been recording. open.spotify.com/track/0E7SLx...

I'm very honored that my recording/arrangement of Radical Dreamers from Chrono Cross has been nominated for a Game Remix Award!

21 years ago today, I gave the world premiere *solo* performance of Piano Phase by Steve Reich. Learning this piece was a defining experience that shaped the way I play piano - the ultimate challenge in hand independence! Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnQd...

It was a thrill performing @awintory.bsky.social ’s "What's Yours Is Mine" from Monaco in front of 1000+ people at GDC. This version is fairly true to the OST version, though I did beef it up a bit for the performance. Huge thanks to Austin for trusting me with this solo moment!

Was great meeting the author of the Rygar Book! @retrogamebooks.com

This is an absolute fireball of a piece and was a beast to record. Please enjoy my latest recording of “Jitter” from Katawa Shoujo composed and arranged by Sebastien Skaf out today! materia.to/KatawaShoujo...

Composed and arranged by Sebastien Skaf, this performance by @88bit.bsky.social (Rob Kovacs @robkovacs.bsky.social) brings fresh energy to the piece while staying true to its heart.

Excited to be back at GDC in San Francisco this week! 🎵 Wed 12:30 PM PT – Performing with Austin Wintory’s orchestra at the Game Developers Concert (may be streamed). 🏆 Thurs 7:00 PM PT – Performing at The G.A.N.G. Awards. If you’re at GDC, let’s connect! Game devs, let’s talk music! #GDC2025

New video premiering at 12:00pm PST! Going to start to post some magfest videos from my belvedere performance with a STACKED crew! this video featuring @nicomendozamusic.bsky.social , @88bit.bsky.social , Yusuf Rashid, and @ropanuganti.com! youtu.be/3SVyaKf4gvc

I really enjoyed accompanying MezzoCarattere at this year’s MAGFest. You can watch the full concert below!