British composer Alice Beckwith on psalms, Yorkshire-ness, female empowerment, and finding support as an artist
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Imogen Davey
London-based composer and sound artist Imogen Davey on collecting and transforming in electroacoustic and audiovisual practices
Leoni King
British composer and writer Leoni King on formative landscapes, the spectacle of wild spaces, storytelling as survival, and hauntings of memory
Paloma León
London-based composer and pianist Paloma León on queerness, cinema, classical and pop influence, and yearning for connection
The Architecture of a Performance: a conversation with Manchester Collective
Manchester Collective co-director Jasmin Kent Rodgman discusses commissioning, “casting” composers, drawing in audiences, and advice about authenticity
Anian Wiedner
Interview with composer and organist Anian Wiedner on organs, overtones, transitional spaces, and “somewheres” in-between
Sonia Lozina
Ukrainian composer and performer Sonia Lozina on starting from dramaturgy, storytelling, Ukrainian folklore, and bridges between generations
Threads of Transformation: Olivia Murphy on her debut orchestral album
Composer Olivia Murphy writes on her debut orchestral album, discussing Greek myth, Little Women, and weaving threads of transformation
“Something out of the ordinary”: a conversation with LSO’s Soundhub composers
London Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Soundhub composers discuss endangered languages, cybernetic instruments, intermediality, and the physicality of sound
Eleanor Cully Boehringer
Newcastle-based composer, performer, and choral conductor Eleanor Cully Boehringer on choral music, new trails, interlocking processes, and listening inside the sound
Ollie Hawker
Glasgow-based composer Ollie Hawker explores the lines between classical and pop music, consonance and dissonance, and pleasant and interesting sounds
Luis Fernando Amaya
Mexican-born composer Luis Fernando Amaya on activism, accessible experimentation, and why we make music
Amy Crankshaw
UK-based South African composer Amy Crankshaw on sensoria, ritual, eco-emotions, and empathy for nature
Ty Bloomfield
Michigan-based composer Ty Bloomfield on worldbuilding, notation, programme notes, and creating vivid connections
David Balica
Composer and bass-baritone David Balica on technology, vocal performance, postmodernism, politics, and “controlled chance”
Losing my Mind at BOUNDARIES Fest
Composer and cellist Toby Anderson writes on how an experimental music festival shifted his perspective as an artist
Carmel Smickersgill
Manchester-based composer and performer Carmel Smickersgill on grassroots spaces, the Beach Boys, and being yourself
Omri Kochavi
London-based composer and guitarist Omri Kochavi on community gardens, jazz guitar, ancient text, and intuitive decision-making
Yan Ee Toh
Singaporean composer Yan Ee Toh on ritual, choreography, dichotomies, and working with non-Western instruments
Samuel D Loveless
Interdisciplinary composer Samuel D Loveless on referentiality, notation, accessibility, and daily life as art practice