hi, i'm charlotte!!!! i intend to use this web page to introduce myself a little and also to display things i've written/done/made!!!! <3

31-03-24: thought i'd mention to go and presave The Tortured Poets Department on spotify!!!!!!

hobbies/interests:
- piano
- reading
- occasionally composing as well
- trying to survive GCSEs
favourite music:
- everything by Taylor Swift but my fav album is Folklore.
- anything laufey
- anything beabadoobee
- kero kero bonito - time n place
- charli xcx - crash and how im feeling now, not so much the other stuff
- hiromi uehara - place to be
- classical music is a whole other thing but my favourite composers are schönberg, rădulescu, messiaen, schumann, bach, godowsky, respighi
fav things to read:
- ANYTHING by ngũgĩ wa thiong'o (instant buy for me)
- sylvia plath - the bell jar but also her poetry is amazing
- hans fallada - alone in berlin
- shakespeare's sonnets (the best poetry originally written in english imo). additionally shakespeare is a gay icon
- i devour free litmag poetry as well
- does taylor swift count as a poet? of course.
random trivia:
- i have very bad hay fever
- i am half-indian half-english but live in the UK
- i am long sighted
- i want to be a pianist
- i'm taking biology, chemistry, music and german for A levels
- i am very tall (idk why, my parents r short af)
- i am very socially awkward !!!

here I'll upload anything that i've written!! that could be fiction, poetry, essays, idfk!!!! i write kinda sporadically and only when i get inspiration.

here i'll post some of my musical performances + compositions... they'll all be classical so if you're not interested in that feel free to click off lol. ig that its not everyone's thing

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i'll hopefully take my associate of trinity college london piano diploma this summer, and the exam consists of a 35-minute recital from a set list of pieces, of which I have chosen:
- J. Brahms - Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79 No.2
- W. A. Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 9 in D Major, K.311
- F. Bridge - A Fairy Tale, H.128
I haven't recorded all of the them as of March 2024 but I'll slowly link them as I do, then maybe a full practice run??? we'll see lol