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Lost in America#104: Daniel Louis Vezza - 5 Years in Berlin's Comedy SceneThe guys are back! They didn't get cancelled, and this week Daniel Louis Vezza tells Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) about the five years he spent in Berlin's comedy scene and his rocky transition back to America. For the first time Turner becomes the teacher as he gives Daniel pointers on how to navigate New York's rough and tumble comedy scene. This episode is ONCE AGAIN brought to you by Ense (and Kaplan's drinking/ schmoozing abilities), get Ense at www.ENSE.nyc and talk to the world.
Announcement! Turner is trying to get passed at Eastville Comedy Club...
2018-10-101h 09
Lost in America#104: Daniel Louis Vezza - 5 Years in Berlin's Comedy SceneThe guys are back! They didn't get cancelled, and this week Daniel Louis Vezza tells Turner Sparks (@TurnerBSparks) and Michael Kaplan (@KapInAmerica) about the five years he spent in Berlin's comedy scene and his rocky transition back to America. For the first time Turner becomes the teacher as he gives Daniel pointers on how to navigate New York's rough and tumble comedy scene. This episode is ONCE AGAIN brought to you by Ense (and Kaplan's drinking/ schmoozing abilities), get Ense at www.ENSE.nyc and talk to the world.
Announcement! Turner is trying to get passed at Eastville Comedy Club...
2018-10-101h 09
Zack Interviews the Stars#22: Barbra Streisand has no business sense part 2World famous singer, actor, director, writer Barbra Streisand (Daniel Louis Vezza) was on the podcast to talk about her life and all the terrible things her mother said to her. Such a great performer, such a fun person to talk to. No nobodies, Only stars
2016-11-1716 minZack Interviews the Stars#22: Barbra Streisand has no business sense part 1World famous singer, actor, director, writer Barbra Streisand (Daniel Louis Vezza) was on the podcast to talk about her life and all the terrible things her mother said to her. Such a great performer, such a fun person to talk to. No nobodies, Only stars
2016-11-1521 min
Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 67-Richard Barrett (Part 2 of 2)Richard is a composer and improviser who has collaborated with many leading performers in both areas, while developing works and ideas which increasingly leave behind the distinctions between them. His long-term collaborations include the electronic duo FURT which he formed with Paul Obermayer in 1986 (and its more recent octet version fORCH), composing for and performing with the ELISION contemporary music group since 1990, and regular appearances with the Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble since 2003. He studied composition principally with Peter Wiegold, and currently teaches at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague. You can listen to more of his music at...
2013-12-2559 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 66-Richard Barrett (Part 1 of 2)Richard is a composer and improviser who has collaborated with many leading performers in both areas, while developing works and ideas which increasingly leave behind the distinctions between them. His long-term collaborations include the electronic duo FURT which he formed with Paul Obermayer in 1986 (and its more recent octet version fORCH), composing for and performing with the ELISION contemporary music group since 1990, and regular appearances with the Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble since 2003. He studied composition principally with Peter Wiegold, and currently teaches at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague. You can listen to more of his music at...
2013-12-181h 02Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 65-Chaya Czernowin (Part 2 of 2)These episodes are normally limited to one per composer but Chaya has been to too many interesting places. The first part will focus on her biography with the occasional excursion into her music and the second part will focus mostly on her music.Chaya is a composer from Israel who teaches composition at Harvard University. She has written music for all types of mediums including chamber music, orchestral music, opera, and music theatre. She has received numerous awards for her compositions, including the Kranichstein Music Prize, Asahi Shimbun Fellowship Prize, the Schloss Solitue Fellowship, the IRCAM reading...
2013-12-111h 00Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 64-Chaya Czernowin (Part 1 of 2)These episodes are normally limited to one per composer but Chaya has been to too many interesting places. The first part will focus on her biography with the occasional excursion into her music and the second part will focus mostly on her music.Chaya is a composer from Israel who teaches composition at Harvard University. She has written music for all types of mediums including chamber music, orchestral music, opera, and music theatre. She has received numerous awards for her compositions, including the Kranichstein Music Prize, Asahi Shimbun Fellowship Prize, the Schloss Solitue Fellowship, the IRCAM reading...
2013-12-041h 01Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 63-Sebastian Elikowski-WinklerSebastian Elikowski-Winkler is a German composer who is currently based in Berlin. He studied composition at the University of the Arts in Berlin with Friedrich Goldmann, and at the Music Academy Prague with Marek Kopelent. He also studied architecture, musicology and history of art at the Technische Universität Berlin. In 2006 he received a scholarship of the Cité International des Arts from the Senate of Berlin, and in 2007 he was been awarded a scholarship for the Tschaikowsky Conservatory Moscow by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). You can listen to more of his music at www.elikowskiwinkler.blogspot.de....
2013-11-2758 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 62-Germán Alonso (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)Germán is a composer from Madrid who currently lives in Geneva. He studied Guitar and Composition (specialization in Electroacoustic Composition) at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. He continued studying composition at the Strasbourg Conservatoire with Mark André and new technologies at IRCAM. He has been selected for Domaine Forget’s “Musique Nouvelle” in Quebec, “Voix Nouvelles” of the Royaumont Foundation in Paris, the “International Composer Pyramid” in Canterbury, among many others. His works have been played by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Xasax, Asko-Schönberg, Grup Instrumental de València, Sigma Project, Patrick Stadler, Carl-Emmanuel Fisbach, Ums’n Jip...
2013-11-2058 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 61-Tobias Klich (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)Tobias is a German composer from Jena. He went to the Musikgymnasium Schloss Belverdere in Weimar. After that he studied composition and guitar at the Hocheschule für Müsik “Franz Liszt” in Weimar. Presently, he works as a composer, sound artist, and guitarist. His pieces are performed by well known ensembles and orchestras at various festivals for contemporary music, such as the Frankfurter Positionen and Klangwerkstatt Berlin. In 2010 Klich won the Bremen Composers Prize. He is the winner of the 2013 Gaudeamus Prize.In our conversation we talk about his first time composing for orchestra, his experience as a c...
2013-11-1354 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 60-Esaias Järnegard (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)Esaias is a Swedish composer who currently lives in Gothenburg. His music has been performed by ensembles and soloists such as Richard Craig , Hugo Ticciati, Karin Hellqvist, Pontus Langendorf, Sergej Tchirkov, Anna Petrini, Cora Schmeiser, Ensemble SurPlus, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, and the Curious Chamber Players. His music has been performed in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Lithuania, Iceland, Ireland, Austria, England, Portugal, Russia, Canada, USA, China and Dubai at festivals and radiobroadcasts. You can listen to more of his music at www.esaiasjarnegard.seIn our conversation we talk about the nature of the new...
2013-11-061h 13Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 59-Amit Gilutz (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)Amit is an Israeli composer who now resides in Germany. He has studied in Jerusalem, Ithaca, and New York. His music is influenced by electroacoustic mediums as well as improvisation. His recent pieces tend to be interdisciplinary and conceptual, combining political ideas, theatrical effects and movement plus textual sources ranging from the work of Walter Benjamin to anonymous online personal ads. His work reflects a desire for democratic forms of music making and audience engagement. He is particularly fascinated by the various ways in which music can be used to engage with topical events and to promote social justice...
2013-10-301h 07Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 58-Taylor Brook (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)Taylor is an American composer who is currently based in New York. His music has been performed in North America and Europe by ensembles and soloists such as the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Quatour Bozzini, JACK quartet, and soloists such as Joshua Modney and Mira Benjamin. Taylor participated in the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne FORUM 2010, composing a new work to accompany the Nathalie Bujold film Les trains où vont les choses; the piece was awarded the Prix Public and second prize from the jury. You can listen to more of his music at www.taylorbrookmusic.com.In our conversation w...
2013-10-2357 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 57-Jacob Gotlib (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)Jacob was born and raised in Louisville, KY, and has written music for instruments, electronics, dance, and multimedia. His music is regularly played at festivals around North America and Europe, most recently at the Wellesley Composers Conference (Wellesley, MA), the Acht Brücken Festival (Cologne, Germany), Hear+Now (Louisville, KY) and June in Buffalo (Buffalo, NY). His works have been premiered by a variety of American and European ensembles, including Talujon Percussion Quartet, Ensemble SurPlus, and Ensemble Linea. You can listen to more of his works at www.jacobgotlib.com.In our conversation we talk about his w...
2013-10-161h 04Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 56-Emre Sihan Kaleli (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)Emre is a Turkish composer who is currently living in the Netherlands. His music has been performed in a number of prestigious festivals, including the Internationale Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik (2010), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (2011), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (2012) and Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik (2013). He received an honorable mention for his work Il voto dell’innocenza at this year’s Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2013. Currently, Emre is based in The Hague and is also a member of the artistic committee of the Nieuw Ensemble.In our conversation we talk about his time studying in Uzbekistan, his work with th...
2013-10-091h 08Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 55-Yoshiaki Onishi (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)Yoshi a Japanese American composer and conductor who is currently a Teaching Fellow at Columbia University. His principal teachers at Columbia have been Fabien Lévy, Fred Lerdahl, and Tristan Murail. His music has been performed worldwide by such ensembles as JACK Quartet, Next Mushroom Promotion, and the Nieuw Ensemble. He was awarded the Gaudeamus Prize 2011. Other recent honors include an artistic residency fellowship from Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbertide, Italy, as well as a commission from Ensemble Intercontemporain. You can listen to more of his music at www.yoshionishi.com.In our conversation we talk about h...
2013-10-021h 24Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 54- Daniel Moreira (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)I was recently invited to conduct interviews at Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2013, so for the next two and a half months the interviews will focus on the Gaudeamus Prize Nominees. The interviews took place in Museum Speelklok, which is a museum of street organs. So if every now and then you hear Thriller, Old Macdonald, or Gangnam Style being played on street organ in the background, you’re welcome.Daniel is a Brazilian composer and conductor who currently lives in Hamburg. He studied composition and music theory in Brazil (Universidade Federal do Grande do Sul), United States (University of Te...
2013-09-251h 16Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 53-David Brynjar FranzsonDavid is an Icelandic composer currently residing in New York. His works have been performed by ensembles such as the Arditti Quartet, Ensemble Adapter, Ensemble Surplus, Avanti!, Eighth Blackbird, and Yarn/Wire. He is a founding member of the Icelandic Composer’s Collective s.l.a.t.u.r. and co-runs the record label Carrier Records with Sam Pluta and Jeff Snyder.In our conversation we talk about the Icelandic music scene, his approach to analyzing and working with material, and the differences between intentionality and perception. The music played on this podcast is Longitudinal Study #1 performed by...
2013-09-181h 14Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 52-Fred LerdahlFred is a New York based composer whose music has been commissioned and performed by major chamber ensembles and orchestras. His seminal book A Generative Theory of Tonal Music, co-authored with linguist Ray Jackendoff, is a founding document for the growing field of the cognitive science of music. He studied at Lawrence University, Princeton, and Tanglewood. He has taught at UC/Berkeley, Harvard, and Michigan, and since 1991 has been Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition at Columbia University, where he directs the composition program. Three of his works composed since 2000 - Time after Time for chamber ensemble, the Third...
2013-09-111h 13Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 51-Conrad CummingsConrad is a New York based composer who writes opera, symphonic music, chamber music, and music for his ensemble of amplified instruments and voices. His works have been performed at Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and numerous clubs and alternative performance spaces. Groups performing his music include Brandywine Baroque, Avian Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Louisville, New Jersey, and Indianapolis Symphonies, and the San Francisco Opera Center. You can listen to more of his music at www.conradcummings.com.In our conversation we talk about how he ended up...
2013-09-041h 03Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 50-Carl Christian BettendorfCarl is a New York-based composer and conductor who was born in Hamburg, Germany. He studied composition with Hans-Jurgen von Bose and Wolfgang Rihm in Munich and Karlsruhe before moving to New York, where he received his doctorate from Columbia University under Tristan Murail. His works have been played at major new-music festivals and venues in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. He has received numerous awards, among them a fellowship from the DAAD, a six-month residency at the Cite des Arts in Paris, and a Fromm Foundation commission.In our chat we talk about his time...
2013-08-281h 09Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 49-Juliana HodkinsonJuliana is a British composer living in Berlin. Her work ranges from chamber music and intimate semi-staged object pieces to large-scale electro-acoustic orchestral works, and often involves visual or theatrical elements. She has also created installations, and electronic performances embracing field recordings, samples, voice, text and foley. This set of interests has led her to develop collaborative practices spanning ad-hoc freelance and established institutional frameworks. Repeated collaborations with groups such as the Danish group Scenatet , the Australian arts collective Aphids, and Kammerensemble Neue Musik from Berlin, have enabled her to evolve a working practice based on the rehearsal processes...
2013-08-211h 02Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 48-Wei-Chieh LinWei-Chieh Lin is a New York based composer who was born in Taichung, Taiwan, his music has been performed at venues in the U.S. and abroad, including the Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Centre Pompidou, Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall and the National Concert Halls in Taiwan. Among the ensembles that have performed or commissioned his works are Ensemble InterContemporain, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Makrokomos Ensemble, as well as members of eighth blackbird and Klangforum Wien. You can listen to more of his music at www.soundcloud.com/wei-chieh-lin.In...
2013-08-1459 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 47-Ondrej AdámekOndrej is a Czech composer who is currently living in Berlin. He studied composition at the academy of music in Prague and at the Conservatoire de Paris. He composes orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic music as well as working with choreographers of contemporary dance. He has received numerous commissions such as the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Agora Festival (IRCAM, Paris), Les Musique (GMEM, Marseille), Warschauer Herbst, and from ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Orchestre National d’Île de France, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, the Brandenburger Sinfoniker and the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra. You can listen to more of h...
2013-08-071h 09Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 46-Marianthi Papalexandri-AlexandriMarianthi is a Greek composer who is currently based in Berlin. Her work includes compositions for instruments and sound objects-sculptures that she creates herself and in collaboration with artist Pe Lang. Papalexandri’s work focuses on the production and reception of sound by questioning and transforming the role and function of the instrument as a sound-generator (object as instrument and instrument as object) as well as the type of sound production and behavior of the performer. You can listen to more of her music at www.marianthi.net.Marianthi’s music is visually dependent so if you want...
2013-07-311h 04Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 45-Irene Galindo QueroIrene is a Spanish composer currently based in Berlin. She studied composition with Pedro Guajardo, Cornelius Schwehr and Johannes Schöllhorn, and has been recognized by several fellowships and awards such as La Caixa-DAAD, Association des Amis de Royaumont, Artist-in-Residence of the NRW Kunststiftung and the Goethe Institute in Mumbai. Her music has been performed by ensemble Surplus, Aleph Gitarrenquartett, Linea Ensemble Strasbourg, ensemble aisthesis, ensemble cross.art, vorEcho, ensemble alarm, L’Autre mOnde Ensemble, and Handwerk.In our conversation we talk about what brought her to Germany from Spain, the use of language in her music, and...
2013-07-241h 05Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 44-Martin SchüttlerMartin is a composer based in Berlin as well as theory and composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt. His music has been performed by such ensembles as Trio Accanto, Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik and the RSO Frankfurt. In 2002 Martin won the Kranichsteiner Kompositionspreis of the Darmstadt Summer Courses. You can listen to more of his works at martinschuettler.wordpress.com.In our conversation we talk about the year long break he took from composing, being part in the decision making process when working with institutions, and the relationship he has to the pop m...
2013-07-171h 13Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 43-Lucia RonchettiLucia is an Italian composer who is currently based in Salerno and Berlin. She has been the recipient of the Music Theater Now Prize, the Prize Fonds Experimentelles Musiktheater NRW, and had been the Composer-in-residence at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart.In our conversation we talk about her need to remove old pieces from her catalogue, her close collaboration with the Neue Vocalsolisten, Stuttgart, and how she is able to write for individuals within an ensemble. The piece played in this interview is called Pinocchio, una storia parallela and is performed by the Neue Vocalsolisten, Stuttgart.
2013-07-101h 18Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 42-Tristan PerichTirstan is a New York based composer and visual artist. His works are inspired by the aesthetic simplicity of math, physics and code. He has had solo exhibitions at bitforms gallery (NYC), Mikrogalleriet (Copenhagen), Museo Carandente (Spoleto), The Addison Gallery (Massachusetts), Katonah Museum (New York), Monster Truck (Dublin), LEAP (Berlin) amongst others. As a composer he has been a featured artist at Sonár 2010 in Barcelona, and in 2009, the Prix Ars Electronica awarded him the Award of Distinction for his composition Active Field. Rhizome awarded him a 2010 commission for Microtonal Wall, an audio installation with 1,500 speakers. You can listen t...
2013-07-031h 04Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 41-Maximilian MarcollMaximilian is a composer from Germany who is currently based in Berlin. He studied percussion, instrumental and electronic composition in Lübeck and Essen, Germany. In his series Compounds he focusses on the transcription of concrete sounds, mostly recorded in everyday life situations. He is also part of the new music collective Stock 11. You can listen to more of his work at www.marcoll.de.In our conversation we talk about the inherent hierarchy when working with large ensembles, his unique way of working and gather field recordings, and an interesting experience he had while creating a p...
2013-06-261h 08Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 40-Andrew NobleAndrew is a composer and musicologist who has been living in Berlin since 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition from the Manhattan School, and a Masters of Music in Composition from the University of Southampton. He has also earned a doctorate in Musicology at the Technische Universität Berlin. His articles have been published in scholarly journals and he has taught courses in Musicology and Music History at the Technische Universität. If you live in Berlin you can hear more of his music performed by KNM Berlin tomorrow (19.06.13) at Villa Elisabeth.In our conversation we...
2013-06-191h 04Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 39-Emily HowardEmily is an English composer based in Manchester. She has had works performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and the London Symphony Orchestra, and has been featured in such festivals as Wien Modern, New Music 20×12, and the BBC Proms. You can check out more of her music at www.emilyhoward.comIn our conversation we discuss her beginnings studying Maths and playing Chess, how and when she decides to take risks with orchestral music, and collaborations she has done with the acousmatic composer Sam Salem. The pieces played in this interview a...
2013-06-121h 08Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 38-Ashley FureAshley is an American composer of acoustic, electroacoustic, and installation works that have been performed throughout Europe and North America. She holds degrees in composition from Oberlin Conservatory, IRCAM, and Harvard University. She has recieved a 2012 Darmstadt Stipendienpreis , a 2012 Staubach Honorarium, a 2011 Jezek Prize, an Adalbert W. Sprague Prize, and two ISCM World Music Days nominations. You can listen to more of her to music at www.ashleyfure.net.In our conversation we talk about composing in comfort, intentionality vs. perception, and how she uses physically awkward movements to create tension in her music. The piece played...
2013-06-051h 07Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 37-Matthew ShlomowitzMatthew is a composer from Australia who is currently based in London where he co-directs the new music ensemble Plus Minus and teaches Experimental Music at the Royal College of Music. He has composed works for groups such as Champ D’Action, Ensemble Offspring, EXAUDI, Nieuw Ensemble, Quatuor Diotima, and the Ricciotti Ensemble. You can listen to more of his music at www.shlom.com.In our conversation we talk about New Music’s emphasis on the multiple listening experience, his use of popular music as a social critique, and his work with Plus Minus. The music play...
2013-05-291h 17Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 36-Clara IannottaClara is an Italian composer who is currently living in Berlin as part of the DAAD Artists Program. She has had her works performed by Trio K/D/M, Ensemble Aleph, Talea Ensemble, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, and members of Ensemble Recherche. You can listen to more of her music at www.claraiannotta.com.In our conversation we talk about her transition from flute to composition, the new music scene in Italy, and the effect IRCAM has had on her approach to acoustic music. The piece played in this interview is called Àphones and was written for t...
2013-05-221h 02Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 35-Bryan JacobsBryan Jacobs is a New York based composer and guitarist. His music has been performed by ensembles such as the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, The McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble, Wet Ink, International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, and Ensemble Pamplemousse. He has had performances at Festival Ai-maako (Chile), La Muse en Festival (Paris, France), Festival Archipel (Geneva, Switzerland), as well as numerous other music festivals in Canada and the United States. You can check out more of his music at www.bryanjacobsmusic.com.In our conversation we talk about his original plans to become an organic farmer, how he...
2013-05-151h 03Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 34-Mark BardenMark is an American composer who is currently based in Berlin. He works in the areas of concert music and concert installation. Recent commissions include new works for the Donaueschingen, Witten, and Darmstadt festivals as well as for ensemble recherche, KNM Berlin, and Ensemble Intercontemporain. You can listen to more of his music at www.mark-barden.com.In our conversation we talk about his former life as a pianist and why he chose to become a composer, his frustation and solution for writing in a concert hall setting, and combining Arabic poetry with Western art music. The...
2013-05-081h 17Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 33-Philip VenablesPhilip is a composer from the UK who is currently based in Berlin. His commissions have included the Bregenz Festival in Austria, the BBC Singers , and the BBC Symphony Orchestra . Other works have been written for and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, Rambert Dance Company, and the Cheltenham International Music Festival. You can listen to more of his music at www.philipvenables.com.In our conversation we discuss his background in the natural sciences, the new music scene in London and the UK, and his collaboration with the ex-boxer/poet Steven J Fowler.
2013-05-011h 10Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 32-Johannes KreidlerJohannes is a German composer currently living in Berlin. We reference a lot of his conceptual works in our interview so if you want to understand them in detail the following links to his work might help.“Product Placements” which is played at the beginning of this interview.“Charts Music” Melodies derived from Stock Charts, arranged with Microsoft Songsmith.“Fremdarbeit” cheap composers from asia exploited.His protest against the SWR orchestra merger, and the reaction it received from social media.In our conversation we talk about his use of contradictio...
2013-04-241h 10Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 31-Richard CarrickRichard is a New York based composer, pianist and conductor. His music has been performed internationally by the New York Philharmonic, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, Darmstadt Summer Festival, Merkin Hall, JACK Quartet, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, and others. You can listen to more of his works at www.richardcarrick.comIn our conversation we talk about his origins as a club med baby, his use of Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s Flow Concept, and the stylistic shifts that happened after his education.
2013-04-171h 05Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 30-Fabien LévyFabien is a French composer who is currently living in Berlin. He studied composition with Gérard Grisey at the Paris Conservatoire. His works have been performed by the Ensemble Recherche, the London Sinfonietta, the Ensemble Modern of Frankfurt, and the Berlin Radio Symphony orchestra (among others). He won the 2004 Förderpreis from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for music. He is currently Assistant Professor of Composition at Columbia University in New York (USA) and senior professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany. You can listen to more of his music at www.fabienlevy.net...
2013-04-101h 27Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 29-Reiko FuetingReiko is a German composer and performer based in New York. He has been commissioned by the Wet Ink Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble, and the Dresden Chamber Choir . He is also a professor in composition and theory at the Manhattan School of Music. You can listen to more of his works at www.reiko-fueting.de.In our chat we discuss how he ended up living in New York, the use of historical music in his own compositions, and how his past professors have influenced his approach to teaching. The piece played in this interview is a solo...
2013-04-031h 08Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 28-Malin BångMalin is a Swedish composer who currently resides in Berlin as part of the 2012 Berliner Künstlerprogramm. Her work includes music for instrumental ensembles, orchestra, staged music, electronic music, instrumental sound installations and performance pieces. She is also the composer and co-artistic director of the Curious Chamber Players, a Swedish based New Music Ensemble. You can listen to more of her music at www.malinbang.com.In our conversation we talk about the influence the Berlin improvisation scene has had on her music, her focus on energy and noise as musical parameters, and her use of found o...
2013-03-271h 06Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 27-Martin Bresnick (Part 2 of 2)I normally edit each interview to fit into one podcast, but Martin has too many great stories, including one interesting encounter he had with Luigi Nono, which he wrote about in the New York Times, and many others about studying with Ligeti. So Martin gets two episodes. In part one we talk about different political climates and the music being made in them. In part two we focus on his music and aesthetics. You can listen to more on his website www.martinbresnick.com.Martin is a composer from New York who teaches at Yale University. He...
2013-03-2059 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 26-Martin Bresnick (Part 1 of 2)I normally edit each interview to fit into one podcast, but Martin has too many great stories, including one interesting encounter he had with Luigi Nono, which he wrote about in the New York Times, and many others about studying with Ligeti. So Martin gets two episodes. In part one we talk about different political climates and the music being made in them. In part two, which will be released next week, we focus on his music and aesthetics. You can listen to more on his website www.martinbresnick.com.Martin is a composer from New York...
2013-03-1358 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 25-Simon Steen-AndersenSimon is a Berlin based composer, performer and installation artist as well as a lecturer of composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Århus. His works include instrumental music, electronics, video, and performance within a range of settings. You can listen to more of his music at www.simonsteenandersen.dk .In our conversations we talk about his time living in Paris, what makes a piece of music durable from performance to performance, and his unique approach to choreography in instrumental music.
2013-03-061h 14Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 24-David T. LittleDavid is a New York based composer and the founding artistic director and drummer for the chamber ensemble Newspeak. He has a new CD out of solider songs, an opera-theatre work exploring the perceptions versus the realities of war through the eyes of a soldier. One of the tracks is featured in this interview.In our conversation we talk about when and when not to us precision while writing, how composers and performers discover each other for collaborations, and how he navigates the world of politics and music.
2013-02-271h 14Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 23-Eric WubbelsEric is a New York based composer pianist, and Executive Director of Wet Ink. His music has been performed by Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, ICE, Yarn/Wire, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and The Knights. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Composition at Oberlin Conservatory. You can listen to more of his music at www.wubbelsmusic.comIn our conversation we talk about the satisfaction of performing and listening to scrutable music, the critical apparatus of New Music in the U.S., and finding a methodology when composing.
2013-02-201h 10Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 22-Sam PlutaSam is a New York based composer and improviser. He is Technical Director and electronics performer for the Wet Ink Ensemble, and has been commissioned and premiered by Mivos Quartet, Yarn/Wire, ICE, Timetable Percussion, RIOT Trio, and So Percussion. You can hear more of his music at www.sampluta.com.In our conversation we talk about his transition from computer science to electronic music, the time he spent working and studying in the UK, and the inherent aesthetic preferences of computer music programs.
2013-02-131h 04Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 21-Alex MincekAlex Mincek is a New York-based composer and performer. He is currently the saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and artistic director of the Wet Ink Ensemble, which he founded in 1998. You can check out more of his music at www.alexmincek.com or go to an upcoming concert featuring his music alongside composer Eric Wubbels on Feb 8th at the DiMenna Center in Manhattan.In our conversation we talk about why he founded Wet Ink, the continental lag for European Composers gaining attention in the U.S., and the influence they have had on his music.
2013-02-061h 08Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 20-Kate SoperKate is a composer and vocalist based in New York and Boston. She is a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in Cambridge MA, and is Managing Director and performer for the new music ensemble Wet Ink. You can listen to more of her music at www.katesoper.com, or go to her publisher’s page at Project Schott New York.In our conversation, which took place about a year ago, we talk about her involvement with Wet Ink, her experiences working in a scene that is mostly male, and methods she has developed when wr...
2013-01-3054 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 19-Timo AndresTimo is a Brooklyn based composer and pianist who is part of the composer collective Sleeping Giant. He has had commissions and performances from the New World Symphony, Albany Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. You can check out his blog and music at www.andres.comIn our conversation we talk about a composer having a sense of consistency, different ways style can evolve and change over time, and the DIY aspect of an artist’s own image.
2013-01-2355 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 18-Sarah NemtsovSarah is a Berlin based composer. She has worked with such groups as Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble Accroche Note, Trio Accanto, Ensemble Adapter, Nomos Quartet, and the International Ensemble Modern Academy. You can find out more about here at www.sarah-nemtsov.deIn our conversation we talk about creating associations in music without text, what happens if there is an aesthetic shift during a long-term project, and curators programming composers based on a theme.
2013-01-161h 02Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 17-Scott WollschlegerScott is a composer based in New York. He was the Artistic Director of Red Light New Music and is currently Associate Director of New Publications for Project Schott New York. You can listen to and look at his music at www.scottwollschleger.com. I also attached a score to this post.In our conversation we talk about his opinions and goals on music publishing and marketing in the U.S., his approach to creating his own scores, and how he wants his music to feel when being performed.
2013-01-091h 01Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 16-Evan GardnerEvan is a composer from the U.S. who is currently based in Berlin. He has also spent an extended amount of time in Norway where he studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music. His music has been played by such groups as, Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Jack Quartet, and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. You can find more of his music at www.evangardner.com.In our conversation we talk about when a composer should or should not write safe music, the difference of expectations between European and American audiences, and risk assessment in both poker and...
2013-01-021h 26Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 15-Paul FrickPaul is a composer living in Berlin. He is part of the composer collective Klangnetz as well as a band member of the trio Brandt Brauer Frick, whose music is featured at the end of this interview. The piece is called Teufelsleiter.In our conversation we talk about his time living as a composer in Barcelona, his love for complexity in dance and club music, and adapting elements of electronic music into acoustic realities.
2012-12-261h 17Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 14-Robert HonsteinRobert is a composer and pianist living in Brooklyn, NY. He co-founded the Sleeping Giant composer collective and co-directs the Fast Forward Austin music festival. You can listen to more of his music at http://www.roberthonstein.com/In our conversation we talk about the importance of staying involved in a new music scene, the delicate balance of collaborations, and being stylistically flexible depending on the circumstances of a commission. The first piece played on this recording was part of a project done by Sleeping Giant and contains music from both Ted Hearne and Robert Honstein.
2012-12-1956 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 13-Heather FraschHeather is a composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic music, improviser and experimental flutist and works on sound installations. You can listen to more of her music at http://heatherfrasch.wordpress.com/In our conversation we talk about her time living and studying in France, when people need and don’t need a structured lifestyle, and different methods and reasons for notating music outside of convention. We talk about her piece “the silence that reigns…” as well as the program note she wrote for it, so I’ve attached the first 10 pages of the score to this post.Heath...
2012-12-121h 32Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 12-Oscar BianchiOscar is an Italian-Swiss composer who has studied in Milan, Paris, and New York. He has been awarded numerous prizes, such as the Gaudeamus first Prize, the Dussurget Prize, the Asm-Stv Prize, the Aargauer Kuratorium fellowship and the Ictus fellowship. You can find more of his music at www.oscarbianchi.com/In our conversation we talk about being able to develop an overview between cultures, the contradiction between synthesizing new aesthetics and further refining craft, and his work with the Ictus Ensemble on his cantata Matra.
2012-12-0557 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 11-Missy MazzoliMissy is a composer based in New York as well as the keyboardist for Victoire, a band dedicated to playing her own compositions. In our conversation we talk about why certain genres are emphasized in academia, finding the joy in networking, and learning how to filter and react to criticism. You can find more of her music at www.missymazzoli.comSpecial thanks to Eight Blackbird and Cedille Records for their permission to use Still Life with Avalanche in this interview.
2012-11-281h 00Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 10-Mauricio PaulyMauricio is a Costa Rican composer and electric bass player based in the UK. He is co-director and founder of the Distractfold Ensemble and of the Altavoz Composers. He also performs with the Manchester-based trio, A Greater Horror. You can listen to his music at www.mauriciopauly.com/In our conversation we talk about the first half of a composition workshop we participated in with Ensemble Dal Niente, how composers gain experience and improve, and if artists need structure in their daily lives.
2012-11-2155 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 9-Jacob CooperJacob is a composer living and working in New York. He is a member of the composer collective Sleeping Giant, as well as having been a faculty member at Amherst College.In our conversation we talk about his opera Timberbrit, his approach to electronic music, and if staying too long in an academic institution can be counter productive. You can listen to more of his works at www.jacobcoopermusic.com/
2012-11-141h 07Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 8-Asmus TrautschAsmus is a composer who is currently working towards a Ph.d in philosophy at Humboldt University. He is also a member of Klangnetz, a collective of young composers living in Berlin, as well as co-founding the publishing house Lunardi Verlag.In our conversation we talk about the international culture in Berlin, what its like living in a city with no aesthetic consensus, balancing life as a composer and philosopher, and the effect higher learning institutions have on the artists associated with them.
2012-11-071h 16Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 7-Andrew GreenwaldAndrew is a composer studying and teaching at Stanford. He is also one of the resident composers of Ensemble Pamplemousse. You can check out his music at http://www.andrewgreenwald.netIn our conversation we talk about many topics including the movie A Serious Man and a book called Foreskin’s Lament, but a good chunk of the conversation is about the importance composers place on the musical document and the purpose of complexity in Andrew’s music. So if you want to see what we‘re talking about you can download a score with this post or go...
2012-10-301h 18Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 6-Iñigo Giner MirandaIñigo is a composer from Bilbao Spain who is now living in Berlin. As mentioned in the beginning of this podcast a lot of his work is quite theatrical, so check out the video on his website www.iginermiranda.com/In out conversation we talk about his time living in Amsterdam, what it is like working as a foreign composer in Berlin, and if it’s a positive development if music can be qualified by people’s ability to talk about it.
2012-10-231h 00Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 5-Philip WhitePhilip is a composer living in New York. The piece played in this podcast uses what he calls non-linear feedback system. He is also part of duo called R We Who R We with Ted Hearne who is mentioned in the beginning of this interview.We talk about his life as a jazz guitarist in Charleston and the idea of self-sabotage during an improvisation. You can listen to more of Philip’s music at http://www.prwhite.net/
2012-10-171h 01Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 4-Jarkko HartikainenJarkko is a composer based in Helsinki. We met while he was living in Berlin on a grant from the Finnish government. In our conversation we talk about the problems of post-grant life and what it’s like to write music for different types of audiences.You can check out more of his music on his SoundCloud page http://soundcloud.com/jarkko-hartikainen
2012-10-1056 minComposer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 3-Aaron EinbondAaron and I talk about his time at IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique), his relationship to music and technology, and the difference between writing music for Europeans and Americans. Listen to more of his music at http://aaroneinbond.wordpress.com/Special thanks to Yarn/Wire and Carrier Records for permission to use Aaron’s piece Passagework.
2012-10-031h 12Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 2-Abel PaúlAbel Paúl is a composer from Valladolid Spain who now lives in Berlin. If you like the piece played in this podcast you can listen to more of it on his website www.abelpaul.net/In our conversation we discuss our lives as expats in Berlin, his experience as a finalist in the Gaudeamus Music Competition, and the problems that arise when writing music with no association with an institution.
2012-09-261h 14Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezzapodcast 1-Andrew NormanIn this inaugural podcast Andrew and I talk about why he writes orchestral music as well as the problems of working with large ensembles as a young composer.You can visit Andrew’s website at andrewnormanmusic.com. Special thanks to Andrew Gourlay and the BBC Symphony for permission to use Andrew’s piece “Unstuck”
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