Welsh writer Joshua Jones on cut-up poetry, Frank O’Hara, Joan of Arc, and the subjectivity of truth

beyond genre
beyond genre
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
Birmingham-based composer and songwriter Emily Abdy on riff-based orchestration, recognition, and over-exerting yourself
Composer and improviser Si Paton on John Zorn, acoustic grindcore, and building grassroots music communities
British-Canadian songwriter Rosie Cochrane on octopi, psychopaths, hedonism, and microtonal singing
Italian composer Michele Deiana on audiovisual immersion, horizontal collaborative hierarchy, and “being” the music