So exciting to find my book The Piano Player of Budapest on such prominent display at my local House of Books in Muswell Hill ❤️📚 I signed the three copies that were in stock - excited for them to find new North London homes!

London folklore fans! This'll be ace ❤️

Only 4 tickets left for my Five Years of Taylor Swift's Folklore gig!! Join me at The Green Note in Camden on July 24th for a night of singer songwriters performing this iconic lockdown album ❤️ www.ticketweb.uk/event/roxann...

Last year I had the pleasure of meeting @julianborger.bsky.social, world affairs editor at The Guardian & author of I Seek A Kind Person I'm so grateful for this kind endorsement, thanks Julian! 🙏 The Piano Player of Budapest is out now @littlebrown.bsky.social www.hachette.co.uk/titles/roxan...

Next stop: BBC Merseyside! You can tune in from 3:30pm to hear me talk about The Piano Player of Budapest and becoming a paperback writer! ☺️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Delighted to see this out in paperback and honoured to be featured on the accompanying record - get it from @roxannemusic.bsky.social

As of today, I am a bonafide paperback writer 📚😍 The Piano Player of Budapest is out on paperback now via @littlebrown.bsky.social Dear Sir or Madam won't you read my book it took me years to write it will you take a look? 🎶👇🏻 www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Player...

For those living close to #Bristol

Do I have friends in and around #Bristol? I'm in Bristol this Thursday (June 19th) for an event at Waterstones! If you're free, I'd really appreciate it if you could come along and help me spread the word! Details here: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Well it's been building up inside of me for oh I don't know how long... The world is about to witness a deluge of love and reflection in tribute to the beautiful soul that is Brian Wilson and here is my little drop in the ocean... ❤️ roxannedebastion.substack.com/p/well-its-b...

@roxannemusic.bsky.social and a group of folk musicians are putting on a performance of Taylor Swift's folklore album in full at London's Green Note. This'll be a great night ❤️ www.greennote.co.uk/production/r...

Well @guernseylitfest.bsky.social was a real dream, thanks so much for having me! So special to perform Stephen's work in the beautiful St James Guernsey and even better to do so together with the brilliant @xeniapestova.bsky.social Pestova Bennett! Photo credit: Paul Chambers

Aaah yes the live stream tour of 2020... A very specific type of nostalgia for that time we were all just trying to keep it together.

Taking a moment of quiet to remember a fabulous gig last week @liverpoolphil.bsky.social when I saw @theanchoress.bsky.social & @roxannemusic.bsky.social. Fans of @stereounderground.bsky.social can check them out at iamtheanchoress.bandcamp.com/music & roxannedebastion.bandcamp.com/album/ultrav...

very excited to let you know that I will be celebrating the launch of The Piano of Budapest paperback edition with a special in conversation + performance @jw3london.bsky.social on June 12th! Tickets on sale now: www.jw3.org.uk/book/867001

Guernsey! Tonight! guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/the-p... @roxannemusic.bsky.social

Cannot wait to celebrate the paperback with an in conversation + performance @waterstonesliverpool!! ❤️🎹 Come join me on June 26th, tickets via Waterstones or my website! #paperback #ThepianoplayerofBudapest #liverpool #waterstones #bookevents #memoir #nonfiction

A busy month of gigs completed with @theanchoress.bsky.social at Liverpool Phil Music Rooms. As ever such a fabulous night with a few new songs thrown in which sounded great. Top support from @roxannemusic.bsky.social very much worth a listen

Another fabulous night out at the @liverpoolphil.bsky.social Music Rooms for me & @jamescurran.bsky.social to see the utterly wonderful @theanchoress.bsky.social , with support from the fabulous @roxannemusic.bsky.social. Thank you so much to you both - our hearts are full ❤ xxx

Well worth a @nytimes.com subscription to read Larry David's brilliant satire piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

Had such a great time opening for @theanchoress.bsky.social in Leeds on Sunday! 🎸🎹 Come see us at the beautiful @liverpoolphil.bsky.social on Thursday! www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/con... 📸 by Morris Longfellow

...might join Xenia for a dip in the sea if she can put up with my squealing 👀

You should read this book! It tells the story of pianist Stephen de Bastion's holocaust survival. A lot of music woven into this story too. I'm so glad Roxanne got to put this story out into the world (and it's accompanying soundtrack!) Album tour when? 😇

I'm going to be a paperback writer!!! Here's the stunning artwork for the paperback edition of The Piano Player of Budapest, which is out this June via @littlebrown.bsky.social It's available to pre-order from all book retailers now! 📚https://rb.gy/9c4cts More news soon! ❤️🎹

Rumer and Roxanne de Bastion are a 10/10 gig combo. Go and see this gig!

📢📢📢 I am SO excited to announce that I've been invited to open for Rumer at her Royal Liverpool Philharmonic show on her 15th anniversary tour of Seasons of My Soul! This is such an honour...❤️🙏 Tickets are on sale now, hope to see some of you there! www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/con...

Hello! If you don't have a copy of my book The Piano Player of Budapest yet, Amazon are currently offering a 23% discount, so you can get the beautiful hardback for just £16! 🎹📚❤️ shorturl.at/wYIpp

Are there any music / book journalists in my network who are based in Bristol? 🙋‍♀️

My Propella Session for University of Hertfordshire is now live!!! 🎸🎥 These sessions are filmed, recorded, mixed and edited by the students 👏They're pretty lucky to have such an amazing set up! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I've started scanning the setlists I've gathered over the years and...it just looks like I've typed them up 😂 This is from @roxannemusic.bsky.social debuting Stephen de Bastion's album at the Royal Albert Hall!

Every day is a good day to see Roxanne de Bastion live ❤️

Feels so good to be gigging again 🙌🏻 Huge thanks to The Veils for having me open in Manchester and Bristol! If you're in London, definitely go see them tonight for the last night if their tour! Great to meet you all (and so lovely to see some of my Patrons and familiar faces at the shows too!

Aaah how cool is this?? My book is BOOK OF THE MONTH in one of the biggest bookshops in Budapest! 😍 Wish I was there to see if, but pretty exciting to see these photos! #ThepianoplayerofBudapest #memoir #nonfiction #bookofthemonth #budapest

Kann das nur unterstreichen, ein wunderschön geschriebenes Buch mit musikalischer Begleitung. Rührend, herzzerreißend, hoffnungsvoll. Much love, @roxannemusic.bsky.social 💛💛💛

Are you an artist aged between 18-25? Only a handful of tickets left for our Artist Network event at The Roundhouse this Saturday! www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/art... We've got the brilliant @katenashagent.bsky.social for our headline Q&A + an array of amazing speakers!

Oh I had no idea that Sleep Sleep Little Boy was played on BBC Radio 3 again in December! Thank you Unclassified! :)

Tipp aus aktuellem Anlass: "Songs from the Piano Player of Budapest" von Stephen de Bastion ist ein bewegendes Album, das die Geschichte eines ungarisch-jüdischen Pianisten im Kontext der Shoah einfängt. Seine Enkelin Roxanne hat die Kompositionen ihres Opas restauriert und neu interpretiert.

Can't believe I got to cross this one off the bucket list! My dad used to listen religiously, so it felt very special to talk about him and The Piano Player of Budapest on the show❤️You can listen back to my interview on @bbcradio4.bsky.social Woman's Hour now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Oh I missed this lovely review of my book by @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social, thanks so much! "De Bas­tion is a lyri­cal writer and a deter­mined researcher. Her love for her grand­fa­ther and their shared pas­sion for music make this a mov­ing account" www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-pia...

It really means a lot to me that my book, The Piano Player of Budapest, is being published in Hungary! You can pre-order the Hungarian version now! A Budapesti Zongorista is out via Athenaeum on January 27th, Holocaust Remembrance Day: www.lira.hu/hu/konyv/sze... Köszönöm szépen

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I've written an end of year review (it's been quite the year!) - from publishing The Piano Player of Budapest, to performing at Royal Albert Hall, releasing my EP and being a guest on Jools Holland's BBC Radio 3 show: roxannedebastion.com/.../2024-and... Here's to 2025!

It was a HUGE honour to get to share my grandfather Stephen's story and his music on Jools Holland's BBC Radio 3 show this Saturday! You can listen back here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Piano Player of Budapest by @Roxannemusic.bsky.social is an ideal gift for anyone interested in history & music. www.hive.co.uk/Product/Roxa... Listen to Roxanne talking about her grandfather & his piano in the 2nd half of yesterday's #EarlierWithJoolsHolland show. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Hello! I'm here! Are you? 😊 Just going to leave my new Ultraviolet EP here for you to listen to open.spotify.com/album/7nraFs...