Pianist and technologist Zubin Kanga discusses composer-performer collaborations, new technologies, brain sensors, and building shared knowledge
Robert Nettleship
British composer Robert Nettleship on Sibelius MIDI, scratch lyrics, and enjoying the process
Rebecca Galian Castello
London-based French composer Rebecca Galian Castello on working with noise, distortion techniques, folk traditions, and DIY ethics
Zakiya Leeming
Manchester-based composer Zakiya Leeming on collaborating with scientists, AI in composition, centring human stories, and “thinking through music”
Celia Swart
Dutch multimedia composer Celia Swart on illustration software, resonant doors, Dutch architecture, and self-exploration
Esther Wu
Hong Kong-based composer and songwriter Esther Wu on installations, societal intimacy, stage presence, and Jean-Paul Sartre
Prayer, breakcore, and Hatsune Miku: a journey through ‘Panopticon’
Composer and performance artist Phoebe Apfel’s debut EP explores disparate sampling, mental health, and writing for vocaloid software
Athanasia Kontou
Greek composer and pianist Athanasia Kontou on Antigone, emotional vulnerability, and autoethnographic composition
Fluxus, slow travel, and singing to cows: a conversation with Kirkos
Irish contemporary music ensemble Kirkos prepare for their upcoming debut at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Finbar Hosie
Franco-British composer Finbar Hosie on amplification, juxtaposition, sound gesture, and creating “driftwood music”
The vulnerability of understanding You Might Not Be As Good-Looking As You Think
Spanish composer Victoria Benito writes about her debut album channeling the surreal, the mundane, the self-absorbed, and the vulnerability throughout each
Fraz Ireland
Composer and conceptual artist Fraz Ireland on unconventional programme notes, the concert experience, notation as invitation, and MS Paint
Tom Baker
London-based electronic artist Tom Baker on musical purpose, compositional stimuli, and curating artistic communities
Ben Nobuto
British-Japanese composer Ben Nobuto on the hysterical sublime, accelerationism, postmodern hyperspace, and the “human 2.0”
Sonia Killmann
Multimedia artist Sonia Killmann on audiovisual composition, interdisciplinary collaborations, and working in Ukraine
Emma-Kate Matthews
Architect and composer Emma-Kate Matthews on “spatio-sonic” research, binaural microphones, and constructing sound and space
Darlene Zarabozo
Cuban-American composer Darlene Zarabozo on dramatism, double meanings, the physicality of electronics, and dealing with trauma
Jimena Maldonado
Mexican composer-photographer Jimena Maldonado on choreography, visual frames of reference, and inspiration from travelling
Victoria Benito
Spanish composer Victoria Benito on absurdity, meaningless music, and Birmingham’s ‘DIY-classical’ scene
May Chi
Hong Kong composer and songwriter May Chi on channeling melancholia, dissociation, and ambient music processes