Roxanne de Bastion
@roxannemusic.bsky.social
Musician / Author / Artist Advocate
"Two generations of musicians reached across time to create a stunningly beautiful and moving performance" love this line from my review of my show opening for Howard Jones 🥰
Full review here: atthebarrier.com/2025/11/17/h...
Love these photos from the Birmingham Symphony Hall show by Pete Keen!
Full review here: atthebarrier.com/2025/11/17/h...
Love these photos from the Birmingham Symphony Hall show by Pete Keen!
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Two generations of musicians reached across time to create a stunningly beautiful and moving performance" love this line from my review of my show opening for Howard Jones 🥰
Full review here: atthebarrier.com/2025/11/17/h...
Love these photos from the Birmingham Symphony Hall show by Pete Keen!
Full review here: atthebarrier.com/2025/11/17/h...
Love these photos from the Birmingham Symphony Hall show by Pete Keen!
Having the best time opening for Howard Jones on this stunning tour!! It felt very special performing "together" with my grandfather Birmingham Symphony Hall last night ❤️❤️❤️
And today.....I GET TO PERFORM AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM!!!!
So happy RDB plays Palladium day to all who celebrate
And today.....I GET TO PERFORM AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM!!!!
So happy RDB plays Palladium day to all who celebrate
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Having the best time opening for Howard Jones on this stunning tour!! It felt very special performing "together" with my grandfather Birmingham Symphony Hall last night ❤️❤️❤️
And today.....I GET TO PERFORM AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM!!!!
So happy RDB plays Palladium day to all who celebrate
And today.....I GET TO PERFORM AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM!!!!
So happy RDB plays Palladium day to all who celebrate
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!
July 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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!
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...
www.ticketweb.uk/event/roxann...
July 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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...
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...
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...
July 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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...
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/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
June 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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...
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...
June 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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...
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...
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
Photo credit: Paul Chambers
May 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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
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.
May 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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.
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
May 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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
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
Come join me on June 26th, tickets via Waterstones or my website!
#paperback
#ThepianoplayerofBudapest
#liverpool
#waterstones
#bookevents
#memoir
#nonfiction
April 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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
Come join me on June 26th, tickets via Waterstones or my website!
#paperback
#ThepianoplayerofBudapest
#liverpool
#waterstones
#bookevents
#memoir
#nonfiction
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
Come see us at the beautiful @liverpoolphil.bsky.social on Thursday!
www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/con...
📸 by Morris Longfellow
April 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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
Come see us at the beautiful @liverpoolphil.bsky.social on Thursday!
www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/con...
📸 by Morris Longfellow
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! ❤️🎹
It's available to pre-order from all book retailers now! 📚https://rb.gy/9c4cts
More news soon! ❤️🎹
April 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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! ❤️🎹
It's available to pre-order from all book retailers now! 📚https://rb.gy/9c4cts
More news soon! ❤️🎹
📢📢📢 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...
Tickets are on sale now, hope to see some of you there!
www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/con...
March 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📢📢📢 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...
Tickets are on sale now, hope to see some of you there!
www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/con...
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...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
February 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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!
Great to meet you all (and so lovely to see some of my Patrons and familiar faces at the shows too!
February 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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!
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
#ThepianoplayerofBudapest
#memoir #nonfiction #bookofthemonth #budapest
February 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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
#ThepianoplayerofBudapest
#memoir #nonfiction #bookofthemonth #budapest
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!
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!
February 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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!
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!
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
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
January 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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
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!
roxannedebastion.com/.../2024-and...
Here's to 2025!
January 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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!
roxannedebastion.com/.../2024-and...
Here's to 2025!