
Gillian Walker
Scottish composer Gillian Walker on modular composition, “total theatre”, and the aesthetics of performance
beyond genre
beyond genre
Scottish composer Gillian Walker on modular composition, “total theatre”, and the aesthetics of performance
Chinese composer Zhenyan Li on noh theatre, Beijing Opera, political humour, and writing “sarcastic” music
Scottish composer Gillian Walker on modular composition, “total theatre”, and the aesthetics of performance
Chinese composer Zhenyan Li on noh theatre, Beijing Opera, political humour, and writing “sarcastic” music
Spanish composer Victoria Benito writes about her debut album channeling the surreal, the mundane, the self-absorbed, and the vulnerability throughout each
Birmingham Record Company writes about their compilation highlighting composers Emily Abdy, Andy Ingamells, Ryan Latimer, Genevieve Murphy, and Corey Mwamba
LA-based composer Jeremy Rosenstock on sonority of abalone shells, postmodernism, and duration as the language of nature
Architect and composer Emma-Kate Matthews on “spatio-sonic” research, binaural microphones, and constructing sound and space
Hungarian-American composer Ábel M.G.E. on farcical opera, musical quotation, cosmic nihilism, and the blending of genre
British composer Robert Crehan on setting text, institutional diversity, Steve McQueen, and the rhetoric of gesture
British-Australian choreographer Tanna Chamberlain on reality TV, non-dance, escape rooms, and inspiration from the everyday
Jazz pianist Steve Tromans on Derek Bailey, improv night Fizzle, and the musical-philosophical
Scottish composer Aileen Sweeney on new tonalism, Celtic folk influences, and her podcast Ear to the Ground
French composer and bandleader Mathis Saunier on Jonny Greenwood, Alexander Schubert, Black Mirror, and hands-on compositional process
Serbian composer Sara Stevanovic on memory, connect-the-dots notation, Slavoj Zizek, and sci-fi opera
Composer and guitarist Jake Adams on cross-cultural composition, heavy metal, anxiety, and new music initiative Arc Project
Chinese composer Sun Keting on Eastern philosophy, ikebana, the beauty of imperfection, and grounding oneself in nature
Composer and improviser Holly Gowland on electroacoustic processes, tram harmonics, and Mancunian identity
Cuban-American composer Darlene Zarabozo on dramatism, double meanings, the physicality of electronics, and dealing with trauma
Amsterdam-based conceptual composer Luke Deane on post-Cageian thinking, fluidity, queer art, and alter ego Lisa
Conversations with composers from Cheltenham Music Festival’s Composer Academy about collaboration, community, and the application process
Conversations with composers from Cheltenham Music Festival’s Composer Academy about collaboration, community, and the application process
British composer Kat Wallace on inspiration from nature, swallow migrations, and integrating visuals into composition
Saxophonist and composer Lara Jones on J Frisco, geodesic domes, and her relationship to the saxophone
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