Turkish-British composer Elif Karlıdağ on mass hysteria, 80s video games, absurdism, and working with graphic notation
Ryan Morgan
UK-based composer Ryan Morgan on immediacy, transparency, passive resistance, and leading with compassion
To be bold, and to be caring
Eternal series director Sasha Elina writes on curation as a creative practice
Hugo Bell
British composer Hugo Bell on heartbeats as musical time, DMX lighting, learning new skills, reworking pieces, and being “wired differently”
“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
Luke Mombrea
California-born composer Luke Mombrea on Berlin techno, microtonality, body horror, and balancing a career in concert and film music
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
Marisse Cato
London-born composer Marisse Cato on identity, installations, Julius Eastman, and the “ontology of Blackness”
Space to Play: a conversation with Nonclassical’s 2023-25 Artists in Residence
Nonclassical Artists in Residence Nneka Cummins and Beatrice Ferreira on approaches to voice, improvisation, pseudonyms, and big-picture strategies
Joanna Ward
British composer Joanna Ward on graphic notation, field recordings, “bean” pieces, composing for friends, and financial inequality in classical music
Blasio Kavuma
London-based composer Blasio Kavuma on Afro-diasporic traditions, cyclical time frameworks, signifying, and cultural associations
Curating a Technological Repertoire: a conversation with Zubin Kanga
Pianist and technologist Zubin Kanga discusses composer-performer collaborations, new technologies, brain sensors, and building shared knowledge
Lily Koslow
American composer Lily Koslow on noise, energetic forms, political agitation, Marxism, and creating alternate universes
Operatic Ecosystems: a conversation with Infinite Opera
Infinite Opera discuss their upcoming performance at London’s Signature Brew, mythologising beer, egalitarian collaboration, and performing in unconventional spaces
Twenty Years of Alternative Classical: a conversation with Nonclassical founder Gabriel Prokofiev
Nonclassical founder Gabriel Prokofiev on curating classical club nights, audience engagement, remix culture, and London’s alternative classical scene
Zakiya Leeming
Manchester-based composer Zakiya Leeming on collaborating with scientists, AI in composition, centring human stories, and “thinking through music”
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
Celia Swart
Dutch multimedia composer Celia Swart on illustration software, resonant doors, Dutch architecture, and self-exploration
Intimate Spaces: a conversation with Standard Issue
London-based contemporary ensemble standard issue on togetherness, interactive composition, and transcending performance boundaries
Esther Wu
Hong Kong-based composer and songwriter Esther Wu on installations, societal intimacy, stage presence, and Jean-Paul Sartre