Gabriel Kahane
@gabrielkahane.bsky.social
Words & Music | gabrielkahane.substack.com |
Magnificent Bird out now on Nonesuch | gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com | Creative Chair, Oregon Symphony | Portland, OR
Magnificent Bird out now on Nonesuch | gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com | Creative Chair, Oregon Symphony | Portland, OR
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Gabriel Kahane
@gabrielkahane.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Hello, humans! ‘Heirloom,’ my third album for @nonesuch.com, is out today. The LP documents a piano concerto I wrote for my father, Jeffrey Kahane. It’s a very personal piece—something of an aural family scrapbook. I'd be delighted if you were to give it a spin!
gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com
gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com
Starting an app called Touch Grass where your phone spontaneously combusts upon start up, and then
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Starting an app called Touch Grass where your phone spontaneously combusts upon start up, and then
Reading John Ganz’ exceptional ‘When the Clock Broke,’ and I finally get it: Stephen Miller is the Murray Rothbard of Pat Buchanans.
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Reading John Ganz’ exceptional ‘When the Clock Broke,’ and I finally get it: Stephen Miller is the Murray Rothbard of Pat Buchanans.
Six spots remain for my January songwriting/composition seminar (1/11, 1/18, 1/25 all online), which begins a week from today. Two of these are scholarships, so please send me a note if you can’t afford the fee but would like to participate. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
the year in review / new master class
2025 was a doozy; register for a new master class; etc.
gabrielkahane.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Six spots remain for my January songwriting/composition seminar (1/11, 1/18, 1/25 all online), which begins a week from today. Two of these are scholarships, so please send me a note if you can’t afford the fee but would like to participate. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
I thought 2026 was supposed to be better than last year
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I thought 2026 was supposed to be better than last year
Did a substantial interview with @leahroseman.bsky.social — we covered many topics related to songwriting, orchestration, the artist as citizen, etc. Unfortunately, this was recorded before we started doing war crimes in Venezuela, so you won’t hear me opine on that subject. pod.link/1577769717/e...
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Did a substantial interview with @leahroseman.bsky.social — we covered many topics related to songwriting, orchestration, the artist as citizen, etc. Unfortunately, this was recorded before we started doing war crimes in Venezuela, so you won’t hear me opine on that subject. pod.link/1577769717/e...
If you have questions about the IHRA definition of antisemitism, and why it's significant that Mamdani scrapped an earlier executive order adopting it, please give this essay a read. Spoiler: the IHRA definition of antisemitism does not make Jews safer! gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...
The Bibi Who Cried Wolf
how a freighted word became a powerful smokescreen
gabrielkahane.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
If you have questions about the IHRA definition of antisemitism, and why it's significant that Mamdani scrapped an earlier executive order adopting it, please give this essay a read. Spoiler: the IHRA definition of antisemitism does not make Jews safer! gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...
I was not okay with the descent into authoritarianism but now I have no choice but to support Donald J. Trump
January 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I was not okay with the descent into authoritarianism but now I have no choice but to support Donald J. Trump
Reposted by Gabriel Kahane
registration is now open for a three-session master class i'm offering in january! gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
the year in review / new master class
2025 was a doozy; register for a new master class; etc.
gabrielkahane.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
registration is now open for a three-session master class i'm offering in january! gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
Reposted by Gabriel Kahane
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
A440 in the streets, A415 in the sheets
December 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A440 in the streets, A415 in the sheets
please send me funny skeets to set to music !!
December 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
please send me funny skeets to set to music !!
All you AI haters need to accept that our feeble human intellect cannot compete with the overwhelming
December 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
All you AI haters need to accept that our feeble human intellect cannot compete with the overwhelming
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you can dislike Maroon 5 without being antisemitic.
December 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you can dislike Maroon 5 without being antisemitic.
parmigiano in the streets, stracciatella in the sheets
December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
parmigiano in the streets, stracciatella in the sheets
Reposted by Gabriel Kahane
(In the Oval Office)
Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy.
Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.
Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy.
Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.
December 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
(In the Oval Office)
Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy.
Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.
Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy.
Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.
(In the Oval Office)
Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy.
Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.
Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy.
Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.
December 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
(In the Oval Office)
Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy.
Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.
Susie Wiles: She spiked the CECOT story at the last minute to demonstrate her sycophancy.
Stephen Miller: How Bari, Bari Weiss of her.
Merry Christmas from your friendly neighborhood Jew with a penchant for deconstructing beloved baroque carols. m.youtube.com/watch?v=UHN9...
Halfspent, "lo, how a rose…" (Transcr. for String Quartet by G. Kahane)
YouTube video by Miró Quartet - Topic
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December 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Merry Christmas from your friendly neighborhood Jew with a penchant for deconstructing beloved baroque carols. m.youtube.com/watch?v=UHN9...
I was a teenage mansplainer
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I was a teenage mansplainer
Fairly certain that I wrote more prose this year than I did music, which sort of scares me. But that’s just how the manicotti oozed, capisce?? gabrielkahane.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Fairly certain that I wrote more prose this year than I did music, which sort of scares me. But that’s just how the manicotti oozed, capisce?? gabrielkahane.substack.com
JD Vance’s profundity is not limited to giving white people permission to not apologize for their whiteness
December 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
JD Vance’s profundity is not limited to giving white people permission to not apologize for their whiteness
I wrote about a timely new book, and what it may teach us about a moment in which a freighted word has become a powerful smokescreen.
gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...
gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I wrote about a timely new book, and what it may teach us about a moment in which a freighted word has become a powerful smokescreen.
gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...
gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...
I wrote about Mark Mazower’s excellent new book, ‘On Antisemitism: A Word in History,’ and what it might teach us about this moment. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...
December 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I wrote about Mark Mazower’s excellent new book, ‘On Antisemitism: A Word in History,’ and what it might teach us about this moment. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...
I wrote about Mark Mazower’s timely new book and what it might have to teach us about this moment in which a freighted term has become a powerful smokescreen. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...
The Bibi Who Cried Wolf
how a freighted word became a powerful smokescreen
gabrielkahane.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I wrote about Mark Mazower’s timely new book and what it might have to teach us about this moment in which a freighted term has become a powerful smokescreen. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/the-bibi-w...