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[Alvaro DV]

Hello from Spain!!
I'm a piano student and your arrangements of Radiohead's songs are very impressive!!. How many voices has your arrangementes got? Oh man, they sounds like an orchestra!.
I would like to go to a concert in Spain (I've read that an european girl from Italy told you something like that).
ey.... Your book of arrangementes it's very expensive, it isn't? (I have to pay 60$ plus 24$ of package for E.U.). If it would be cheaper I bought it of course!.
Could yoy send my any photography of any page of your "Exit Music" arrangement? I'll thank you a lot, 'cause it's my favourite song!.

Thanks you for your vision of Radiohead's world. Un abrazo desde Sevilla (España). ALVARO

[Steven Spinelli]

Hello! I absolutely love your two Radiohead cds. I live in Northeast Ohio and read the article in the newspaper (Plain Dealer or Beacon Journal?) about how you live in Northast Ohio now. I was wondering if you were planning on playing sometime around here.

Also, how long have you played piano? I was thinking about starting this summer.

Thanks!

[mark wilkes]

youve got to come out to salt lake! ive been a huge fan ever since i heard you play subterrainian homesick alien on from the top three or four years ago... keep up the genius work!

thanks!
i'd love to come play in salt lake. i've played with the symphony, but it's been awhile since i've been there.
thanks for your support and enthusiasm.
chris

[marion I]

I love what you do, I 've discover your work in a cd of cover of radiohead, your work on paranoid android is just magic, i would like to know if you will come in france one of those days? I will be very happy to be there.
long life to you, take care of you, you have golden hands!!
marion from france.

marion-
thank you so much. i'm very glad you're enjoying my playing, and i appreciate your very kind words.
i've been to france a little bit in the last two years: last summer at 'la route du rock' at saint-malo, and the previous summer at corezze.
we're working on getting a concert together in paris, which would be such a great pleasure for me (it's my favourite city in the world). i will certainly keep the calendar updated, and if there is any solid sense of when i'll be coming, i'll be sure to note it instantly.
warm regards,
christopher

[Nanna]

You are just the most amazing misician in the hole world!
If you ever play a concert in little Denmark I would be happy to be there.

Kind regards,
Nanna

nanna-
i've never been to denmark. i've always wanted to go. i've been listening to radiohead's concerts in copenhagen (this last tour, and one before that; they seem to really love playing there. you can really hear their enthusiasm) lately.
thanks for your kind words. i'll get there as soon as i can!
best wishes,
chris

[Amanda Brinduse]

I would like to request that for your next album, you must include Rachmaninoff's op. 23. The preludes. Especially no. 5 because it's my favorite.

--John Carroll's
Sunriver Daughter

amanda-
there's a lot of beauty in both sets of rachmaninoff's preludes. i do feel compelled to mix and match between them, and i'm always rivisiting them.
thanks for coming to the bend concert.
best,
chris

[Charlotte Dobo]

Christopher;

Just wondering if there is any possibility whatsoever that you'll have a show in Toronto or Montreal or anywhere in Canada really.....anytime soon?

PLEASE let me know.

And of course, absolutely love your work.

charlotte-
i just played four hour-long sets at the montreal jazz festival. it was a real thrill for me, and i had a great time.
i'm sorry to say i've not played in toronto ever, and no immediate plans present themselves. i'm hopeful something will come up soon.
thanks very much for your kind words.
best wishes,
chris

[Ally]

Christopher-
Any chance of coming to San Francisco? My husband and I are great fans of your work and would love to see you perform live.
Best,
Allison

allison-
i always love playing in san francisco. i was just there with the orchestra playing 'rhapsody in blue' at davies hall, and a year ago june i was at the war memorial playing a set for the jazz festival along with 'the bad plus'. i play in SF every opportunity i get. sorry to say, there's nothing just now on the books. we'll hope for something to come up sooner rather than later.
thanks for the note.
best wishes,
chris

[Loretta Cantieri]

Thank you for a wonderful concert. It was in Fargo:the Shotakovich, Radiohead, and Elliott Smith concert. I spoke with you about Elliott Smith at the reception. I hope I mentioned that I love the range of your music and what you coax from a piano. We have several of your cds and it was WONDERFUL to finally hear you play live.... Also, I forgot to ask you the name of the female pianist who you mentioned in relation to Bach and Shostakovich (Tatiana?)

From the Top is great listening also!
Thank you and Good Night Christopher O'Riley and Elliott Smith.

Loretta

loretta-
it was nice speaking with you. i'm so glad you liked the concert.
my shostakovich spiritual mentor, and the earlist champion of his preludes & fugues, was tatiana nikolayeva. as i mentioned, she had, during her lifetime, recorded the whole shostakovich set three times. they are all available on cd, but my favourite was her last recording of them, available on the hyperion label. i do hope you look into them. she also recorded so much other music so beutifully, particularly bach.
thanks again for coming to the concert.
best wishes,
christopher

[Jeffrey]

Christopher-

I am a big fan of your music, in particular your Radiohead arrangements. I writing in regards to your performance in New Albany, Ohio. I have searched and cannot find the name of the particular venue you are set to play at, let alone any ticket info. If you could provide this information, I would certainly aprreciate the chance to see you perform live.
Thanks- Jeff

jeff-
as i feared, the concert in new albany, for lack of a finished concert hall, has been taken off the books. i'll make the requisite correction to the calendar page.
sorry to disappoint.
best wishes,
christopher

[Allison]

Christopher-
sad to hear you won't be in SF any time soon. Would consider coming to LA to see you in February. What is the venue?
Best,
Allison
P.S. My husband just finished his doctoral work at CCM/University of Cincinnati in piano and will be playing one of your Radiohead pieces on his first faculty recital this spring. He would have liked you to leave some notes out.

allison-
the february recital will be a big deal; it's the premiere of my nick drake tribute, 'time has told me', in royce hall at UCLA. i'm very excited about it. i'm recording the songs in late october for release in the spring.
please send my best wishes to your husband as he prepares my pieces for performance. let him know that i apologize for all the notes, but remind him that, like rachmaninoff, the melody is of paramount importance, the rest less so, though not fading into obscurity, by any means.
thanks,
chris

[Abigail]

Christopher: I am chomping at the bit to purchase your new Elliott Smith album! I've been waiting for it to come out after hearing you perform some of his pieces on From the Top... speaking of which, I begin an exciting new position at the Music Teachers National Association on Monday, and I understand that one of MTNA's highly esteemed associates is on From the Top's Board of Directors. I also checked your calendar dates, and am pleased as punch that you'll be in Cincinnati early next year! I do hope I have the opportunity to speak with one of my favorite pianists/arrangers of all time. Keep up the good work! Oh, and loved your cat photos! Be well, Abigail

thanks, abigail.
see you in cincy!

[Tatiana]

Hi Chris,

I'm a big Radiohead fan and an even bigger Elliott Smith fan, your interpretations are wonderful. For Elliott in particular they breathe new life into songs that would otherwise be slowly aging. PLEASE come to Atlanta to play if you ever have the chance! I would love to hear your interpretations in concert and I know more than a few friends that would, too.

thanks,
tatiana

tatiana-
i love coming to atlanta. we've done tapings of the radio show, 'from the top' at emory a couple of times. i think we're doing another one this season, but unfortunately not at emory. i've also played with the atlanta symphony in the woeful-sounding woodruff. there was some talk about my playing at the variety sometime, but i've never heard another word about that. try putting a good word in for me there, would you? ellitt played a great show there himslef not so many years ago.
thanks for writing.
cheers,
chris

[Carl]

Hello Chris-

I discovered your work a fairly short time ago; True Love Waits is one of the albums I use most often to listen to while writing (the other is Michael Riesman playing Philip Glass's beautiful compositions for the film "The Hours"). As a sucker for good pop music and classical piano, I cannot express my gratitude for what you do.

Going through your tour dates, I noticed a decided lack of dates in Illinois. I live in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, about two hours' drive south of Chicago, and work at a recording studio (Pogo Studio) and at the U of I's Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert is considered one of the most acoustically perfect halls in the nation, and I was thinking Krannert in general might be a great place for you to perform. If you like, I can put you or your booking people in contact with Krannert's management. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or if you are interested.

Again, thanks.

Cheers!

-Carl

thanks, carl.
i know champaign-urbana a little, having grown up in evanston, and having a band in high school some of whose members were in school there at the university. i also have played at the krannert cneter, but it must be at least 20 years ago now.
i would love it if you'd drop my name over there. i'm way overdue for a return visit.
many thanks for your kind words.
best wishes,
chris

[inna]

Hello Chris,

I wonder if you have any new CDs coming out - I heard you playing Liszt and Schostacovich and I wonder if you ever going to record these works.
Thanks a lot for your music

inna-
after the recent release of 'home to oblivion: an elliott smith tribute', my next project will be recorded in late october for spring release. it's a collection of my own arrangements of songs by nick drake.
i would be very glad to record one of my favourite works, shostakovich's 24 preludes & fugues, but it's a huge undertaking (three discs long) and no one at present has yet committed to the project. i'm sure i'll get to do it someday, and i appreciate your interest.
best wishes,
christopher

[Andrew Scott]

Hi Chris

Just dropped by to see when you are touring. Unfortunately Im in the UK and only in New York and Washington Dec 9-18 so it wont tie in. I hope you'll get a chance to play this side of the pond soon - I was particularly impressed with your Radiohead arrangements, 'You' is about the only one that doesnt hit the spot for me the rest IMHO arrange from good to inspired! I'm a big fan of the greats such as Rachmaninov et al so to have something less deep but equally satisfying is fantastic. You have ClassicFM Radio to thank for my introduction- one track was enough to hit that Amazon order button. Keep up the great work and hope to see you in London soon- Maybe somewhere nice like Wigmore Hall? Would love the opportunity to hear these beautiful arrangements live. Best regards, Andrew.

andrew-
ClassicFM was partly responsible for my UK tour around the time of the release of my 'true love waits' album. they're a great bunch; i got into the studio for a chat, and they've been very supportive in playing the tracks, especially appreciated as, on THIS side of the pond, they seem to be a little miserly about playing anything that falls out of the 'true' classical oeuvre.
i'd love to come back to play in london again soon, and i think wigmore would be a grand place to play. i've never been there. last time was at QE hall for the BBC jazz festival. great time there, wonderful staff, and a fantastic piano to play on.
hopefully i'll be over again soon.
thanks for writing. your enthusiasm and support are much appreciated.
cheers,
chris

[Fede]

I love your music, and I'm so glad you made this tribute to the great Elliott after the wonderful "True olove waits"... Will you ever come to play in italy? I really hope so :)... Greetings from Rome

fede-
please tell someone from roma to invite me! i will come there instantly. all i lack is a place to stay and a place to play!
i look forward to coming immediately!
con amore,
christoph

[Tony]

Hello Chris,

Is it possible to still get tickets for the television show this week?
Also, will Michelle be there? ;)

[John Romankiewicz]

Hi Chris,
Many years back, I saw you give a classical concert on Nantucket. In the pre concert session, you played a little fugue, and ask if anyone could guess what it was. I should have said Shostakovitch because I knew it was him, but I was just a young guy, didn't have the guts to speak up. At the concert, I was wowed, and the piece Islamey by Balakirev, you played so beautifully, it instantly became my favorite. Do you have this one on a recording? Then you came along with the Radiohead and Elliot Smith cover records, and I am only more enthralled by your playing. Maybe in this lifetime, I will not be able to play Islamey, but I am excited for sheet music for your cover albums, amazing arrangements. I am in China now, if you ever come to Beijing to play, maybe I can help make some arrangements. Cheers!

[Frank Carvajal]

Chris,
I first heard your music on a Delta-Song flight from TPA to NYC, April 2005. I could not stop listening. I still listen to all 3 of your CDs (almost daily) and look forward to your new release. I also plan to visit your performance in MIA this Dec.

I am overly impressed with the quality of your music. I have not experienced anything similar in the past. Congradulatons on such fine work.

frank-
i was so happy to have my cd featured on the song flights. had no idea til i opened up my entertainment system on a flight myself! so glad your discovery was a happy one. i hope i can continue to live up to your generous expectations. the new disc will be recorded this week for release in the spring. it'll be all songs by nick drake.
thanks for writing.
best wishes,
chris

[Stephen]

On your next visit to your hometown, swing out to Midland (Beaver County) and check out the brand new Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center and Charter School -- the 50th All Steinway School in the world. We have recently hosted Lang Lang and Vladimir Feltsman. Our students would be inspired to hear your Radiohead arrangements!

stephen-
sounds great. i would love to come.

[Dudley Manlove]

Your stupid minds!

stupid! stupid!
oh my god, how did you actually score that email address!? the coolest!

[Tom Vincent]

Christopher,

My partner and I saw you in Bristol some years ago, it was a birthday present for my brother (something of a selfish one I grant you). I'm wondering if you have any plans to tour the UK in 2007.

I'm getting married on the 21st of July, and it would be a fitting signature to a relationship that started with teenage angst and Pablo Honey some 12 years ago, and still seems to have Radiohead as an intergal theme. It would be an honour to hear you play again.

I have no idea what your fee is, or even if you'll be in the country. It's just a wild idea, I know... but then if you don't ask you don't get right?

You work is fantastic, I'm consistantly gobsmacked.

Thanks

Tom

tom-
the bristol concert was a great and memorable pleasure for me. i wish i could say i was planning to come back imminently, but there are no plans on the books just now. likewise, i am honoured that you would ask for me to be a part of your summer nuptuals (and on that, sincerest congratulations), but i will be in the middle of a decently busy summer concert schedule here in the states at that time.
i wish you all the best, and hope that sometime in the future we'll greet each other again.
warmest regards,
christopher

[henry]

chris, i am wondering when you are going to come to las vegas? you enjoy a good following here and would no doubt pack any venue. i hope the answer is very soon. i had the pleasure of seeing you at ucla last year and was impressed to say the least. we enjoy your music very much. kind regards, henry.

[Anna]

I saw you last Valentine's day at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester NY. I have recently moved to DC and saw that you recently played at the Kennedy center. Do you have any plans to come back to the area soon? I would love to go to another of your concerts.

anna

anna-
i had a wonderful evening at the kennedy center. i've no immediate plans to return, but i'm sure something will arise sometime.
the closet i get to the capitol during the remainder of the season will be my appearances with the delaware symphony, playing strauss.
welcome to DC. i hope you enjoy living in such a beautiful city.
best wishes,
chris