British composer and trombonist Alex Paxton on play, Hieronymus Bosch, and celebrating childhood

beyond genre
beyond genre
British composer and trombonist Alex Paxton on play, Hieronymus Bosch, and celebrating childhood
Dutch composer Pepijn Streng on musical physicality, rhythm as harmony, and internal hierarchies of material
Mexican composer-photographer Jimena Maldonado on choreography, visual frames of reference, and inspiration from travelling
Composer and vocalist Rylan Gleave on hyperfocus, growing roots, imposter syndrome, and singing black metal
New Zealand composer Kirsten Strom on design in nature, creating alchemy, and the influence of her Christian faith
British composer Patrick Ellis on The Hague, fragmentation, and the balance between abstract and process
Artist and composer Catherine Mole on graphic scores, Marina Abramovic, and the composer-performer interaction
Welsh writer Joshua Jones on cut-up poetry, Frank O’Hara, Joan of Arc, and the subjectivity of truth
Swedish violinist Anna Maria Olsson on cyclical time, building violin loops, and improvising with nonclassical musicians
Spanish composer and dramaturg Daniel Blanco Albert on Zoom theatre, beer opera, and the dramatism of quantum physics
Indie songwriter Kieran P.A. on vulnerability, cross-genre cohesion, and the frustration of “sad” music
Spanish composer Victoria Benito on absurdity, meaningless music, and Birmingham’s ‘DIY-classical’ scene
Russian composer Polina Korobkova on authorship, mediality, David Lynch, and creation as “a prayer without God”
Hong Kong composer and songwriter May Chi on channeling melancholia, dissociation, and ambient music processes
Artist and environmentalist George West on Fluxus, deconstructing orchestral hierarchy, libertarian score-making, and composing sustainability
Irish composer-performer James McIlwrath on “anti-comedy”, Neil Luck, and subverting the concert environment
Northern Irish composer Amelia Clarkson on elastic collaboration, portfolio careers, and working to dramatic stimuli
British composer Luke Harrison on mechanical polyrhythms, meticulousness, and celebrating sensitivity
Composer and songwriter Millicent James on her debut EP ‘Moyo’, reflection, identity, and writing for kora
Bristolian pianist and bandleader Torsten Jensen on eclectic counterculture, Billy Cobham, and three-stage compositional process