Colin Hopkins pianist, composer, and potter

Colin Hopkins is an extremely interesting artist.  His original music is inspiring, lately he's recorded mostly solo piano. I find his music deeply moving, and funny, and danceable.

He trained as an architect, and studied music at the VCA when he was younger and now he's making exquisite pottery too.

He is renowned for occasional acts of extreme naughtiness among the art world,  for example, he was forced  to write letters apologising to VIPs to avoid losing his house.  His naughtiness is worth writing about, and I may do that one day.

I caught him playing at Bennetts Lane, a jazz club in Melbourne,  with Nadje Noordhuis, a NYC based artist who plays trumpet and flugelhorn.    The gig reminded me how marvellous a musician Hopkins is.  Here's a link to his website:

Colin Hopkins

Or check out this original piano piece on youtube Colin Hopkins

Hearing him play live on Sunday night made me feel more alive and happy than I have felt for a very long time.