Emily Kilpatrick

Musician, scholar, gardener, mother. New biography of Ravel published July 2025. Associate professor @RoyalAcadMusic

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

'We have to let him know we're here': a little essay on why writing Ravel's biography felt like a homecoming. https://t.co/Hi02TI66fW

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

Delighted to share the Call for Papers for the conference Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914, taking place @RoyalAcadMusic in September 2026. Do please read, share and come and join us! https://t.co/pPeUxiHNo3

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

Delighted to share the Call for Papers for the conference Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914, taking place @RoyalAcadMusic in September 2026. Do please read, share and come and join us! https://t.co/pPeUxiHNo3

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

Very pleased that my #Ravel appears in the @FT Best Books of 2025, the only biography of a classical musician in this list. @reaktionbooks https://t.co/haURvb6Ovx

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@reaktionbooks https://t.co/plCKUNZNhc

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

Kind words on my #Ravel from the excellent Andrew Ford: 'A miracle of a book, a life and works that produces numerous revelations on both counts.' https://t.co/OfPS1sfd89 @reaktionbooks

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

'Kilpatrick is to be commended for balancing rigorous scholarship with a humanizing element, making readers care about the characters they encounter.' https://t.co/NlPT4UFbkz

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

A little thing about my #Ravel for our Research pages @RoyalAcadMusic https://t.co/tTCBop427W

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(And yes, Tim Ashley, I wanted an index too!) https://t.co/plCKUNZfrE

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

Nice review in @GramophoneMag 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…’

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‘...in meticulous, elegant prose ... it packs a great deal of thought and information into a relatively short space, and often encourages us to think afresh about its subject.’ @reaktionbooks https://t.co/ecRuNeXoP6

[Caroline Potter 🇪🇺 @carolinefrmus]

New #Ravel biography just arrived. Look forward to reading! @reaktionbooks @DrEKilpatrick

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

'We have to let him know we're here': a little essay on why writing Ravel's biography felt like a homecoming. https://t.co/Hi02TI66fW

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

@reaktionbooks https://t.co/plCKUNZfrE

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

'We have to let him know we're here': a little essay on why writing Ravel's biography felt like a homecoming. https://t.co/Hi02TI66fW

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

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.

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

The book is published today, and you can find it here: https://t.co/plCKUNZfrE
@reaktionbooks @amisderavel

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

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.

[Emily Kilpatrick @DrEKilpatrick]

Claude was funny, earthy, passionately devoted to Ravel, passionately knowledgeable. If this book has one aim, it is that it might make this most entrancing, most enigmatic of composers feel alive for its readers, as Claude brought him to life for me.