Composer and bass-baritone David Balica on technology, vocal performance, postmodernism, politics, and “controlled chance”
“Stronger than the sum of your parts”: a conversation with Kollektiv UNRUHE
Berlin-based ensemble Kollektiv UNRUHE on collective composition, improvisation, arts funding, and finding common languages
“Structures that hold us all”: a conversation with Bastard Assignments
Experimental composer-performers Bastard Assignments prepare for two music theatre commissions exploring family, Dorset farmers, and haunted houses
Further Than Sound: a conversation with Komuna Collective
Contemporary music group discuss their debut album, performing music at raves, TikTok, online spaces, and curating an experience
Improvisation Games and Meaningful Collaboration: ensemble Terra Invisus on debut album ‘Visions’
Contemporary music trio Terra Invisus’ debut album ‘Visions’, created in close collaboration with composers, explores improvisation and open notation
Intimate Spaces: a conversation with Standard Issue
London-based contemporary ensemble standard issue on togetherness, interactive composition, and transcending performance boundaries
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
“The right kind of challenge”: a conversation with CoMA London
Mixed-ability contemporary music ensemble CoMA reflects on its inaugural composers-in-residence programme, featuring composers Megan Steinberg and Paul Evernden
Rogue Acts: a conversation with string quartet Vulva Voce
String quartet Vulva Voce talk about celebrating music by women from across the centuries, groove, and playing with expectation
“Almost-songs”: a conversation with Avenue Azure
The latest project by members of Ensemble Klang channels organic collaboration and whispering intensity through stillness, surrealist art, and 90s Radiohead
“Building that connection”: a conversation with the Fidelio Trio
The Fidelio Trio give insights into the challenges faced in today’s contemporary music landscape, and impart career-building advice for emerging composers
Un-Specialisation: a conversation with Ivan Vukosavljević and Ensemble Klang
Ivan Vukosavljević’s album ‘The Burning’ explores new approaches to ensemble writing, combining deconstructed guitars, shared vocabulary, and sacred drones