The Samuel Andreyev Podcast

Dr Lola Salem graduated from the École Normale Supérieure, Lyon, in 2015 (MA Musicology), the Sorbonne in 2018 (MA Aesthetics and Philosophy of Arts) and the University of Oxford in 2023 (D.Phil. Musicology). Her academic research lies in the fields of 17-18th centuries opera, performers, patronage and material conditions, with a specific focus on law. In 2018, one of her papers won the Young Scholar Prize at the STIMU Symposium, Utrecht. Since 2018, Lola has taught Music undergraduates across the University in Oxford, and since 2022 she has worked as a Lecturer in French at Wadham and St Catherine’s Colleges. At Oriel College, Oxford, Lola is a Lecturer in Music and teaches the following papers: Foundations in the Study of Music, Musical Thought and Scholarship, Historically Informed Performance, Music and Nationalisms, The String Quartet Between Classicism & Modernism, 18th Century Opera. As a child and teenager, she sang and was professionally trained at the Maîtrise de Radio France (2005-2010). Later, she became an art critic for I/O Gazette between 2016 and 2020. Since 2022, she regularly publishes in The Critic, a UK magazine, and other media such as Arthwart and Engelsberg Ideas. She is also a Civic Future Fellow and a consultant in London on issues related to education, culture, and the arts.LOLA SALEM WEBSITEhttps://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/people/lola-salem/SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxSAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUMhttps://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/LINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Arkadiusz BuchalaPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Matthew Sheeran is a UK-based composer, violinist and arranger. His new album, arranging music by the American microtonal composer Easley Blackwood, has just been released and can be found at the link below. This interview was filmed on December 18, 2023.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxSAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUMhttps://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/LINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Arkadiusz BuchalaPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Ian Pace is a pianist, musicologist and Professor of Music, Culture and Society at City, University of London. This is his third appearance on the Samuel Andreyev Podcast.IAN PACE’S WEBSITEhttps://ianpace.com/SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxSAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUMhttps://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/LINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Arkadiusz BuchalaPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Martin Suckling was born in Glasgow in 1981. After spending his teenage years performing in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and in ceilidh bands around Scotland, Suckling studied music at Clare College Cambridge and King’s College London. He was a Paul Mellon Fellow at Yale University from 2003-5, undertook doctoral research at the Royal Academy of Music, and subsequently became a Stipendiary Lecturer in Music at Somerville College, Oxford. His teachers include George Benjamin, Robin Holloway, Paul Patterson, Martin Bresnick, Ezra Laderman, and Simon Bainbridge. He has benefited from residencies at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldeburgh Festival, Aspen, and IRCAM, and has won numerous awards including the 2008 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize and a Philip Leverhulme Prize. He is Professor of Composition at the University of York.DISCOVER MARTIN’S ONLINE OPERA ‘BLACK FELL’https://www.black-fell.com/operaMARTIN SUCKLING WEBSITEhttp://www.martinsuckling.com/SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIn Glow of Like SeclusionLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Luigi Gaggero is a conductor and cymbalom soloist.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIn Glow of Like SeclusionLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Gary Barwin is a novelist, composer, poet. This conversation was recorded 4 December 2023 via zoom.GARY BARWIN WEBSITEhttps://garybarwin.com/bio/SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxSAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUMhttps://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/LINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Philippe GosselinPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Jim O’Rourke is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, archivist, and former member of Sonic Youth.JIM O’ROURKE ON BANDCAMPhttps://steamroom.bandcamp.com/SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxSAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUMhttps://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/LINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Philippe GosselinPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

I had an impromptu discussion with British composer Julian Anderson about harmony. It was recorded in the Hotel de l’Hermitage in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on 11 October 2023.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIn Glow of Like SeclusionLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

**EPISODE IN FRENCH / EPISODE EN FRANÇAIS**Né en 1960, Jean-Luc Hervé fait ses études au Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris avec Gérard Grisey. Il y obtient un premier prix de composition. Sa thèse de doctorat d’esthétique ainsi qu’une recherche menée à l’IRCAM seront l’occasion d’une réflexion théorique sur son travail de compositeur, sa résidence à la Villa Kujoyama de Kyoto un tournant décisif dans son œuvre. Sa pièce pour orchestre Ciels a obtenu le prix Goffredo Petrassi en 1997. En 2003 il est invité en résidence à Berlin par le DAAD. Ses deux disques monographiques ont reçu le coup de cœur de l'académie Charles Cros. Il fonde en 2004 avec Thierry Blondeau et Oliver Schneller l’initiative  Biotop(e). Ses œuvres sont jouées par des ensembles tels que l’Ensemble Intercontemporain, Court-Circuit, Contrechamps, Musik Fabrik, KNM Berlin, Divertimento, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestra della Toscana, Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester. Une partie de son travail actuel consiste en des œuvres de concert-installation conçues pour des sites singuliers. Il est actuellement professeur de composition au conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Boulogne-Billancourt et est édité aux éditions Suvini-Zerboni Milan.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Arkadiusz BuchalaPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Dr. Tyler Foster is a mathematician and composer working in machine learning. This conversation was recorded over Zoom on March 23rd, 2023.MUSIC EXCERPTS HEARD IN THIS PODCAST, IN ORDER:Voice Leading — Beatmatching StudyThis Brutal WorldHEAR TYLER FOSTER’S MUSIChttps://soundcloud.com/tyler-fosterSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Arkadiusz BuchalaPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Laurence Osborn (b. 1989) is a British composer currently based in London. His music has been commissioned and/or programmed by the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Britten Sinfonia, The Riot Ensemble, Manchester Collective, 12 Ensemble, GBSR Duo, Ensemble Klang, and Ensemble 360, among others. He has also written for solo performers Sarah Dacey, Mahan Esfahani, Bartosz Glowacki, Zubin Kanga, Lore Lixenberg, Michael Petrov, and Agata Zubel. His music has been programmed throughout the UK, at venues such as The Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Royal Opera House, Symphony Hall (Birmingham), The Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, LSO St Luke's, St Martin- In-The-Fields, Milton Court, Wilton's Music Hall, Britten Studio (Aldeburgh), The National Portrait Gallery, The Holywell Music Room (Oxford), The Crucible Theatre (Sheffield), Kettle’s Yard (Cambridge), and at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (where he was an International Showcase Artist), St Magnus International Festival, Music in the Round Festival, and Ulverston International Music Festival.Laurence Osborn’s song cycle Essential Relaxing Classical Hits was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in 2021. He won the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2017, was runner up in the New Cobbett Prize for Composition (2014) and the International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition (2013) and was shortlisted for the ICSM World Music Days (2018). Laurence has won student prizes for composition while studying at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, including the Adrian Cruft Prize for Composition and the Royal College of Music Concerto Competition. He has held positions in association with LSO Soundhub (2013-15), Nonclassical (2015-17), and the London Philharmonic Orchestra (2017-18).SOUND EXERPTS, IN ORDER:1. Coin Op Automata  for harpsichord and string quartetperformed by the Manchester Collective2. Essential Relaxing Classical Hits, for amplified solo soprano and 6 playersperformed by Agata Zubel and Ensemble Klang3. Absorber, for solo piano and MIDI controllerperformed by Zubin KangaLINKSLaurence Osborn official websiteWatch video of ‘Absorber’ for piano and MIDI controllerSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnSupport the show

Robin Holloway is a British composer and professor at the University of Cambridge. This conversation was filmed at the composer’s home in Cambridge on 25 January 2023.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Arkadiusz BuchalaPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

HELP US REACH OUR CROWDFUNDING GOAL!Wemakeit pageSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Marek IwaszkiewiczPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

I spoke with four members of Ensemble Proton Bern immediately following a recording session for my composition ‘Sonata da Camera’ at the SRF Radiostudio in Zürich, Switzerland on 19 June 2022. We talked about our forthcoming album with conductor Luigi Gaggero, how our collaboration has evolved over the past 10 years, the advantages and disadvantages of CDs vs vinyl, the peculiar challenges involved in performing contemporary repertoire, and more.Episode guests:Jan-Filip Ťupa, cellistCoco Schwarz, pianistMartin Bliggenstorfer, oboistRichard Haynes, clarinetHELP US REACH OUR CROWDFUNDING GOAL!Wemakeit pageSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Marek IwaszkiewiczPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Michael Finnissy is a British composer and pianist. This conversation was recorded via Zoom on 27 April 2022.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:12 The composition process00:06:38 Serialism00:10:05 MF’s critique of Grand narratives00:13:30 On teaching00:27:36 On originality00:38:36 On being an outsider00:48:13 Present-day obsessions00:52:13:08 Microtonality00:55:16:22 Instrumentation01:00:47:13 How MF works with pitch01:19:09:16 Patreon question: Drawing inspiration from nature01:22:14:07 Patreon question: New complexitySUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Marek IwaszkiewiczPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Ian Pace is a pianist, musicologist and professor at City, University of London. This is his second appearance on the Samuel Andreyev Podcast. The conversation was recorded in London, UK on 5 April 2022.IAN PACE WEBSITEhttps://ianpace.com/sample-page/FOLLOW IAN PACE ON TWITTERhttps://twitter.com/ianpacemain?s=20&t=DUDr8v0n9oLmpj0SpOD40QIAN PACE WRITINGShttps://openaccess.city.ac.uk/view/creators_id/ian=2Epace=2E1.htmlSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Marek IwaszkiewiczPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

**EPISODE IN FRENCH / EPISODE EN FRANÇAIS**Hugues Dufourt privilégie les continuités et les lentes transformations d'un discours musical qui n'est que rarement interrompu. Il conçoit des formes par évolution de masses et travaille sur les notions de seuils, d'oscillations, d'interférences et de processus orientés. Pionnier du mouvement spectral, il lui accorde toutefois une définition plus large, cherchant à mettre en valeur l'instabilité que le timbre introduit dans l'orchestration. Sa musique repose sur une richesse de constellations sonores et harmoniques et s'appuie sur une dialectique du timbre et du temps. Il puise une partie de son inspiration dans l'art pictural, dont il retient essentiellement le rôle de la couleur, des matières et de la lumière (Dawn flight, quatuor à cordes créé en 2008 à Musica, Le Cyprès blanc et L'Origine du monde, créés à Musica 2004). Marqué par l'avant-garde française des années soixante, Hugues Dufourt participe aux activités de L'Itinéraire (1975-81) et fonde en 1977 le Collectif de Recherche Instrumentale et de Synthèse Sonore (CRISS) avec Alain Bancquart et Tristan Murail. Agrégé de Philosophie en 1967, il publie de nombreux écrits. Il est chargé de recherche (1973-85) puis directeur de recherche au CNRS (1985-2009) et crée en 1982 l'Unité Mixte de Recherche "Recherche Musicale" qu'il dirige jusqu'en 1995. Hugues Dufourt a reçu de nombreux prix, notamment en 2000 le Prix du Président de la République pour l'ensemble de son oeuvre, décerné par l'Académie Charles Cros. Ces dernières années, Hugues Dufourt a composé des oeuvres aux formations diverses, du piano seul (Tombeau de Debussy créé au Festival Musica 2018) au grand orchestre (Ur-Geräusch, créé en 2016 par l'Orchestre de la WDR, Les deux saules d'après Monet créé en 2020 à Vienne par l'Orchestre symphonique de la Radio), en passant par des petites formations (L'atelier rouge d'après Matisse, créé en 2020 à Varsovie par l'Ensemble Nikel) ou les percussions (Burning Bright, créé par les Percussions de Strasbourg au Festival Musica 2014). La Horde d'après Max Ernst, pour orchestre, commande du Lemanic Modern Ensemble et de Radio France sera créé au Festival Présences 2022.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Marek IwaszkiewiczPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Born in Donetsk (Ukraine), Dina Pysarenko is a pianist, accompanist at the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy of Ukraine, soloist of the Ukho Ensemble Kyiv and a laureate of the Levko Revutsky Award (2014) as well as the 6th International S. Prokofiev Competition (Saint-Petersburg, 2013). While still studying at the Donetsk Specialized Music School for gifted children, Dina was twice a laureate of the International Competition in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz in Kyiv. She graduated with Honours from Sergey Prokofiev Donetsk State Music Academy in 2009, where she studied with Prof. Lidiya Adamenko. Eager to embrace various styles in her repertoire, Dina devotes particular attention to contemporary music: since 2006 she has premiered a number of pieces by living composers, such as Yevhen Petrychenko, Serhiy Piliutykov, Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin and Oleksiy Voytenko, performing at important Ukrainian festivals such as KyivMusicFest, GogolFEST, Donbas Modern Music Academy, etc.Together with Ukho Ensemble Kyiv under the baton of Luigi Gaggero, she has given the Ukrainian premieres of several important pieces of the 20th and 21st centuries, including À propos du concert de la semaine dernière by Samuel Andreyev, ...quasi una fantasia... by György Kurtág, Kammerkonzert by Klaus-Steffen Mahnkopf, and the Piano concerto of György Ligeti. Dina participated in a conducting masterclass held by maestro Luigi Gaggero with the Ukho Ensemble Kyiv, making her debut as a conduc- tor with Intégrales by Edgard Varèse (2016) and Epicycle by Iannis Xenakis (2018).Since 2009, Dina Pysarenko has accompanied the class of Prof. Valeriy Ivko, one of the founders the of Ukrainian domra school. In the 2013/14 season she was accompanist at the Anatolii Solovyanenko Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. She has also participated in three opera productions staged in the National Opera of Ukraine by Ukho agency and directed by Luigi Gaggero: Limbus-Limbo by Stefano Gervasoni (2016), Pane, sale, sabbia by Carmine Emmanuele Cella (2017), and Luci mie traditrici by Salvatore Sciarrino (2018). This interview was recorded on March 9th, 2022. SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Marek IwaszkiewiczPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

00:00 Introduction00:41 Pieces that changed my life06:04 Thoughts on the ‘saturation’ movement08:48 Music and other art forms11:38 Is western music shallow?14:59 Beauty and modernism17:46 Are major keys happy and minor keys sad?20:11 Music and the body23:54 The techniques of today26:40 Early modernist harmony30:55 Finding your voice32:03 What is good counterpoint?34:05 Composition vs. tradition36:47 Avant-garde composers and the listening experience38:51 Will you make another album like The Tubular West?42:23 What is my favourite tonal music of today?43:25 Closing remarksSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Marek IwaszkiewiczPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Kenneth Goldsmith is an American poet. His writing has been called some of the most exhaustive and beautiful collage work yet produced in poetry by Publishers Weekly. He is the founding editor of UbuWeb, and is a senior editor of PennSound at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches. He hosted a weekly radio show at WFMU from 1995 until june 2010. He has published many books of poetry, notably Fidget, Soliloquy, Day, and his American trilogy. He is the editor of I’ll Be Your Mirror, the selected Andy Warhol interviews, which is the basis for an opera, Trans-Warhol, that premiered in Geneva in 2007. He has published three books of essays, including Against Expression, Uncreative Writing, Wasting Time on the Internet, and most recently, Duchamp is my Lawyer. In 2013, he was appointed the first Poet Laureat of the Museum of Modern Art.LINKSUbuWebKenneth Goldsmith faculty page at the University of PennsylvaniaSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPost production: Marek IwaszkiewiczPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show