Swedish violinist Anna Maria Olsson on cyclical time, building violin loops, and improvising with nonclassical musicians
beyond genre
beyond genre

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