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The Samuel Andreyev PodcastJean Sibelius’ 7th Symphony: An Inscrutable LabyrinthComposer Samuel Andreyev presents an overview of Jean Sibelius’ most enigmatic symphonic creation.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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 photog...2025-06-3020 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastA History of the Musical Avant Garde, with James IngramComposers Samuel Andreyev and James Ingram discuss the tradition and history of avant garde notation in music.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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 Buch...2025-05-271h 33The Samuel Andreyev PodcastJonathan Castellino: The Art of Abandoned PlacesPhotographer Jonathan Castellino joins Samuel Andreyev for a wide-ranging discussion about their common hometown of Toronto, its urban fabric, the art of abandoned and forbidden places, and contemporary urban aesthetics.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxSAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUMhttps://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/LINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel An...2025-05-021h 02The Samuel Andreyev PodcastChristian Bök and the XenotextPoet Christian Bök joins Samuel Andreyev for a discussion about his recently completed, death-defying, 25-year project, The Xenotext. Filmed February 6th, 2025.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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 CREDITS2025-04-241h 42The Samuel Andreyev PodcastLola Salem: An Optimistic Vision for MusicDr. Lola Salem joins Samuel Andreyev for a discussion about the current state of the arts, especially music, and what a beautiful vision for the future might look like. ==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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 sco...2025-04-041h 23The Samuel Andreyev PodcastBoulez at 100: Does He Still Matter?Composer Samuel Andreyev talks about Pierre Boulez, his influence, his public persona, and the state of his musical legacy.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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 prod...2025-03-0933 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastJames Ingram: Life with StockhausenJames Ingram is a composer, music engraver and author. He lived and worked with Stockhausen for 28 years. Recorded December 3rd, 2024.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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...2024-12-181h 10
TRIGGERnometryMaking Music in a Woke World - Samuel AndreyevSamuel Andreyev is a Canadian-French composer, singer-songwriter, poet and educator. As of 2021, he had completed about 30 works, nearly all of which have been recorded commercially. His chamber, orchestral, vocal and solo works have been performed, recorded and broadcast throughout the world. His YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@samuel_andreyev) which features videos about composition and interviews with prominent musical figures, has become a fixture of the music world, viewed by millions. He also presents music programs for BBC Radio 3. He has resided in France since 2003 and currently teaches at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and at the S...2024-09-151h 02The Samuel Andreyev PodcastAugust 2024 Q&ASamuel Andreye answers viewer’s questions. Recorded July 27, 2024.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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...2024-09-1337 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastJohn Densmore: My Life with The DoorsComposer Samuel Andreyev interviews drummer, actor and author John Densmore of The Doors.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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 phot...2024-08-0846 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastJean-François Spricigo: Art as a Way of LifeComposer Samuel Andreyev interviews Belgian photographer and multidisciplinary artist Jean-François Spricigo.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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 Philip...2024-07-241h 17The Samuel Andreyev PodcastAnswering Questions from ListenersSamuel Andreyev answers viewer’s questions in this Q&A session.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comSUPPORT 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 Stirnwe...2024-06-1932 min
Carrefour de la Création sur France MusiqueLes racines et les ailes de Samuel Andreyevdurée : 01:00:44 - Les racines et les ailes de Samuel Andreyev - par : Thomas Vergracht - Peut-on être à la fois un compositeur à l'univers ciselé fascinant et un influenceur analyse musicale sur Youtube ? La réponse est oui ! Alors plongeons dans les racines de sa musique et déployons ensemble les ailes du style de Samuel Andreyev !
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Carrefour de la Création sur France MusiqueSamuel Andreyev : In Glow of Like Seclusiondurée : 00:12:15 - Samuel Andreyev : In Glow of Like Seclusion - Le disque contemporain de la semaine est celui de Samuel Andreyev "In Glow of Like Seclusion" paru chez Métier en novembre dernier avec l'Ensemble Proton Bern, Peyee Chen et Luigi Gaggero.2024-06-0912 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastCurt Jaimungal: A Mathematical Physicist and Composer Walk into a Bar..A conversation between composer Samuel Andreyev and mathematical physicist Curt Jaimungal. Curt produces the wildly popular podcast Theories of Everything (TOE). The conversation was recorded on March 25th, 2024.PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comNEW ALBUM COMING 17 NOVEMBER 2023!!Order yours today: https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxSAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUMhttps://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/LINKSYouTube channelOfficial We...2024-05-171h 20The Samuel Andreyev PodcastRafael Toral: Ambient Music and its HistoryThis conversation between composers Rafael Toral and Samuel Andreyev was conducted on 25 March 2024.==RAFAEL TORAL’S WEBSITEhttps://rafaeltoral.net/PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) comNEW ALBUM COMING 17 NOVEMBER 2023!!Order yours today: https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxSAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUMhttps://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/LINKSYouTube channelOfficial Website...2024-05-101h 26The Samuel Andreyev PodcastJim O’Rourke & Samuel Andreyev: Round Two!Legendary guitarist, composer, songwriter, producer and record label mogul Jim O’Rourke returns to the Samuel Andreyev Podcast to discuss artists who have influenced him, why he is not thrilled with his album ‘Eureka’, and much more.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 ar...2024-04-172h 02The Samuel Andreyev PodcastLola Salem: Opera Must Change, Or It Will Die!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 Coll...2024-04-091h 39The Samuel Andreyev PodcastMatthew Sheeran: The Quest for Microtonal MusicMatthew 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 Buch...2024-03-011h 36The Samuel Andreyev PodcastIan Pace, Round 3: The Artist in SocietyIan 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: Arkadi...2024-02-272h 21The Samuel Andreyev PodcastLuigi Gaggero: The Art of ConductingLuigi 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 show2023-12-121h 22The Samuel Andreyev PodcastMartin Suckling: How to Write Beautiful MusicMartin 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, Al...2023-12-121h 21The Samuel Andreyev PodcastGary Barwin: Artists Will Save the WorldGary 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 show2023-12-051h 03The Samuel Andreyev PodcastJim O’Rourke, composerJim 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 show2023-12-012h 08The Samuel Andreyev PodcastFifty-One Minutes About Harmony, with composer Julian AndersonI 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 show2023-10-1151 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastJean-Luc Hervé, compositeur [in French]**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 DA...2023-06-091h 16The Samuel Andreyev PodcastDr. Tyler Foster, Mathematician and composer: Music and AIDr. 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 Impron...2023-04-031h 18The Samuel Andreyev PodcastLaurence Osborn, composerLaurence 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...2023-03-171h 15The Samuel Andreyev PodcastRobin Holloway, composerRobin 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 show2023-02-2340 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastAn Announcement — and a Special Bonus!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 show2022-07-0606 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastEnsemble Proton BernI 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!We...2022-06-2152 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastMichael Finnissy, composerMichael 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 chan...2022-05-131h 28The Samuel Andreyev PodcastIan Pace, Round 2: Music in Higher EducationIan 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 PODCASTPatreonDonorbox2022-05-011h 20The Samuel Andreyev PodcastLa naissance de la musique spectrale : Hugues Dufourt**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 u...2022-03-311h 42The Samuel Andreyev PodcastNew Music in Ukraine: Dina PysarenkoBorn 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...2022-03-1545 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastQ & A: How Can Composers Earn a Living?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 PODCAST2022-03-0543 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastKenneth Goldsmith, poetKenneth 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...2022-01-271h 01The Samuel Andreyev PodcastAlexander Goehr, composerAlexander Goehr is a composer for whom the conventional labels of new music seem increasingly inadequate. A latent nonconformism is already suggested by the essential biographical facts. He was born in Berlin in 1932, son of the conductor and Schoenberg pupil Walter Goehr. Still in his early twenties, he emerged as a key figure in the celebrated ‘Manchester School’ of post-war British composers. In 1955-56 he joined Oliver Messiaen’s masterclass in Paris. Thereafter, he worked as a BBC producer and broadcaster, and was a director of the Music Theatre Ensemble. In 1971 he was appointed Professor of Music at Lee...2021-12-291h 20The Samuel Andreyev PodcastNuria Schoenberg-Nono: The Composers in my LifeNuria Schoenberg-Nono was born in Barcelona in 1932 to parents Arnold and Gertrud Schoenberg. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, and settled to Europe in 1954, marrying the composer Luigi Nono. In 1993 she founded the Luigi Nono Archive, and today she is president of the Board of the Arnold Schoenberg Centre in Vienna. Her experience is unique, in that the has been close to two major 20th century composers, both of whom can be said to have had a lasting impact on the music of our time. LINKSThe Luigi Nono Foundation...2021-12-201h 00The Samuel Andreyev PodcastAugusta Read Thomas, composerThe music of Augusta Read Thomas has been performed all over the world by conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Mstislav Rostropovich, Seiji Ozawa, Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Christoph Eschenbach and many others. She is Vice President for Music at The American Academy of Arts and Letters, among many other distinctions, and is a long-standing, exemplary citizen of the profession at large supporting the work of others. Her music is published by G Schirmer and, since 2016, by Nimbus Music Publishing. Her music has been featured on nearly 100 commercial CDs. Since 2013, Nimbus Records has been...2021-12-141h 27The Samuel Andreyev PodcastMartin Iddon: The Musical Riddles of John CageIn 2020, the composer and musicologist Martin Iddon and the pianist Philip Thomas published a 400-page monograph outlining, in extraordinary detail, the genesis and the substance of one of John Cage’s most enigmatic compositions: the Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957-58). In this episode, Martin Iddon reveals why this single work exerts such a powerful draw, 60 years after its premiere.EPISODE LINKSPhilip Thomas explains the piano part, 'Solo for Piano'Download the 'Solo for Piano’ appOrder Martin Iddon’s latest CDOrder...2021-11-011h 20The Samuel Andreyev PodcastChristian Bök and the Aesthetics of ImpossibilityBorn in Toronto, Christian Bök focuses on the intersection of language and science in his work. His first book of poetry, Crystallography, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award. His book Eunoia, which won the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2002, is the best-selling Canadian poetry book of all time. Bök has also created artificial languages for science fiction television. His most recent book is The Xenotext (Book One). He lives in Melbourne, Australia. SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent Nota...2021-10-281h 45The Samuel Andreyev PodcastJulian Nott: How to be a Film ComposerJulian Nott came to music relatively late. After studying Music and Politics and Economics at Oxford University, he worked for a management consultancy firm in the City for a number of years. Finding that not entirely to his liking, he enrolled in the UK’s National Film And Television School, funding his studies by simultaneously working freelance for the Economist Publications. After film school, Julian worked as an independent documentary film producer, making films for Channel Four Television, Arte Channel and WGBH Boston. Along the way he qualified as a (non-practising) barrister. At film school, Juli...2021-09-091h 22The Samuel Andreyev PodcastIn the Composer's AtelierIn 2020, Edition Impronta published Samuel Andreyev’s second volume of solo piano pieces, n°s V—VIII. In this episode, he speaks about the genesis of this work, its aims, and presents each piece individually. The podcast includes recordings of each piece by Jana Luksts.MUSIC HEARD IN THIS EPISODESamuel Andreyev, Piano Pieces V-VIII (2019-20)Publisher: Edition ImprontaPerformer: Jana LukstsSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdi...2021-08-2324 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastBetsy Jolas: My Trip to Bali with Xenakis and TakemitsuIn 1972, Betsy Jolas (b. 1926) traveled to Indonesia with Iannis Xenakis, Toru Takemitsu, Henri-Louis de la Grange, Maurice Fleuret and several others. While there, she encountered the Topeng dance, which, nearly 50 years later, inspired the composition of her 8th quartet, Topeng. This piece was written for the Arditti Quartet in 2019. In anticipation of her 95th birthday on 5 August 2021, she tells us what happened on that trip, what it was like traveling with Takemitsu and Xenakis, and why it is that Bali left such an indelible imprint on her music.MUSIC HEARD IN THIS EPISODE2021-07-2956 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastLarry Schoenberg: Arnold Schoenberg, My FatherOn the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s passing in July 13, 1951, Samuel Andreyev speaks with his son Lawrence Adam (Larry) Schoenberg. They discuss what it was like having Arnold Schoenberg as a father; Larry’s thoughts on his father's artistic legacy; Schoenberg’s teaching philosophy; and the work of the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta...2021-07-191h 17The Samuel Andreyev PodcastMartin Keary (Tantacrul): composer, designer, polymathMartin Keary: biographyI'm the head of design at MuseScore, with 14 years of experience working on applications and games for IOS, Android, Windows, Hololens, Ubuntu Touch, Voice Assistant (Cortana), Xbox One and Playstation 3.I'm an active musician with a MMUS in composition from the Royal Conservatoire in Scotland. I regularly write music for live performances, films and video games.I also run a YouTube channel called Tantacrul, where I discuss various topics related to music and design. Based on the growing popularity of this channel, I occasionally get invited to speak...2021-07-081h 15The Samuel Andreyev PodcastJohn Moraitis: harpsichordist and musicologistJohn Moraitis is a musicologist, harpsichordist, and pianist currently residing in Athens. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Shorter College, a Master in Musicology from the University of Georgia in Athens, and a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His main fields of interest are historical performance practice and twentieth-century modernism. He has taught and conducted master classes in the United States, Austria, and Greece.Musical excerpts, in order:J. S. Bach, Invention n° 2 in C minorJean-Philippe Rameau, Les tendres plaintesL...2021-07-021h 44
Classical Chats with Tiffany PoonComposing in the Modern Era with Samuel AndreyevSamuel Andreyev is an accomplished composer and a professor at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and the Strasbourg Center of the University of Syracuse. He also creates videos of contemporary musical work analyses as well as interviews with musicians and composers on YouTube. He travels extensively, maintaining an intensive composing, performing and lecturing schedule throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/samuel-andreyevYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/temporalfissureWebsite: http://www.samuelandreyev.com/ Together with Classical: http://www.togetherwithclassical.orgFacebook: http://www.fac...2021-06-2645 min
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast | 5 minute podcast summaries | Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson - S4E33: The Meaning of Music | Samuel Andreyev | The Jordan B. Peterson PodcastWritten Summaries: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/91182-the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/TFYXI-S4E33-The-Meaning-of-Music-Samuel-AndreyevOther podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesOr in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/id1184022695?i=10005267631402021-06-2603 min
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast179. The Meaning of Music | Samuel AndreyevDescription: This episode was recorded on 2/8/2021On this Season 4, Episode 33 of the Jordan Peterson Podcast, Jordan was joined by Samuel Andreyev. Samuel Andreyev is a Canadian composer. He writes music for orchestras, soloists, chamber groups, singers, and other ensembles throughout Europe and the world. He also hosts the Samuel Andreyev Podcast, a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. He is also known for his YouTube Channel, presenting an analysis of works that he believes are interesting and important.Dr. Jordan Peterson and Samuel Andreyev discussed skills needed to be successful as an artist, where to start i...2021-06-241h 15
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast179. The Meaning of Music | Samuel AndreyevDescription: This episode was recorded on 2/8/2021On this Season 4, Episode 33 of the Jordan Peterson Podcast, Jordan was joined by Samuel Andreyev. Samuel Andreyev is a Canadian composer. He writes music for orchestras, soloists, chamber groups, singers, and other ensembles throughout Europe and the world. He also hosts the Samuel Andreyev Podcast, a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. He is also known for his YouTube Channel, presenting an analysis of works that he believes are interesting and important.Dr. Jordan Peterson and Samuel Andreyev discussed skills needed t...2021-06-241h 15The Samuel Andreyev PodcastMatthew Ricketts, composerMatthew Ricketts (b. 1986, British Columbia) is a Canadian composer currently based in New York City. His music moves from extremes of presence and absence, from clamor to quietude, at once reticent and flamboyant. Matthew’s music has been called “lyrical, contrapuntal, rhythmically complex and highly nuanced” (The American Academy of Arts and Letters) and is noted for his “effervescent and at times prickly sounds,” “hypnotically churning exploration of melody” (ICareIfYouListen) as well as its “tart harmonies and perky sputterings” (The New York Times). He is a 2020 Gaudeamus Finalist and a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow. In 2018 Ricketts’ multilingual opera Chaakapesh: The T...2021-06-221h 47The Samuel Andreyev PodcastMichele Zaccagnini: the 'Adorno Rule'Michele Zaccagnini studied clarinet at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome, graduated cum laude with a bachelor in Economics at Universita’ La Sapienza in Rome. At Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts he graduated with a Ph.D. in Music Composition and Theory where he studied with Martin Boykan, Yu-Hui Chang and Eric Chasalow.Michele’s main area of theoretical research focuses on Algorithmic Composition; he published a paper about Aldo Clementi compositional process in Perspectives of New Music, a description of one of his own compositional processes in The OM Composer’s Book n.3 (published by Irc...2021-05-281h 26The Samuel Andreyev PodcastErmir Bejo: the Scorefollower projectErmir Bejo, born in 1987 in Tirana Albania, is a contemporary classical and electronic music composer. Both within and apart from his music, Bejo draws significant influence from visual art, cinema, classic literature, mathematics, and philosophy. Bejo’s approach is grounded in the exploration of hierarchies and conflicts arising from the treatment of musical time as a non-linear concept. His music is performed in concert halls and music festivals by a growing roster of internationally acclaimed performers and ensembles such as Ums ‘n Jip, Nova, Amorsima Trio, Duo Chromatica, Irvine Arditti, Malgorzata Walentynowicz, Elizabeth McNutt, Redi Llupa, Alexander Rich...2021-05-181h 22The Samuel Andreyev PodcastMarco Fusi: The Mystery of ScelsiMarco Fusi is a violinist/violist, and a passionate advocate for the music of our time.Among many collaborations with emerging and established composers, he has premiered works by Billone, Sciarrino, Eötvös, Cendo and Ferneyhough. Marco has performed with Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Alan Gilbert, Beat Furrer, David Robertson, and frequently plays with leading contemporary ensembles including Klangforum Wien, MusikFabrik, Meitar Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Ensemble Linea, Interface (Frankfurt), Phoenix (Basel) and Handwerk (Köln); Marco has recorded several solo albums, published by Kairos, Stradivarius, Col Legno, Da Vinci, Geiger Grammofon.2021-05-031h 51The Samuel Andreyev PodcastLinda Catlin Smith, composerLinda Catlin Smith grew up in New York and lives in Toronto. She studied music in NY, and at the University of Victoria (Canada). Her music has been performed and/or recorded by: BBC Scottish Orchestra, Exaudi, Tafelmusik, Other Minds Festival, California Ear Unit, Kitchener-Waterloo, Victoria and Vancouver Symphonies, Arraymusic, Tapestry New Opera, Gryphon Trio, Via Salzburg, Evergreen Club Gamelan, Turning Point Ensemble, Vancouver New Music, and the Del Sol, Penderecki, and Bozzini quartets, among many others; she has been performed by many notable soloists, including Eve Egoyan, Elinor Frey, Philip Thomas, Colin Tilney, Vivienne Spiteri, and...2021-04-141h 27The Samuel Andreyev PodcastWhy You Need Carl Ruggles in Your LifeCarl Ruggles (1876-1971) lived to the age of 95, but published only 8 works in his lifetime — less than an hour of music. In this podcast, I present an overview of this enigmatic composer, as well as an analysis of Lilacs, the central movement of Men and Mountains, for orchestra (1924).This episode begins with a recording of Lilacs by Michael Tilson Thomas, conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIrid...2021-03-1931 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastAlexander Sigman, composerWith a unique background in music composition + technology, cognitive science, and data science, Alexander Sigman has been active internationally as an interdisciplinary composer, performer, researcher, software engineer, and educator. His compositions have been featured on a number of commercial releases, including portrait recordings on the Carrier and New Focus labels. Sigman has published and presented extensively on a broad range of research topics, including music information retrieval, innovative auditory warning design, technical and aesthetic aspects of robot opera, and approaches to creative audiovisual media integration.Throughout his career, he has held diverse leadership r...2021-03-141h 31The Samuel Andreyev PodcastBrian Ferneyhough interviewBrian Ferneyhough is widely recognized as one of today's foremost living composers. Since the mid-1970s, when he first gained widespread international recognition, his music has earned him an enviable reputation as one of the most influential creative personalities and significant musical thinkers on the contemporary scene. Ferneyhough was born in Coventry, England, in 1943 and received formal musical training at the Birmingham School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, London. In 1968 he was awarded the Mendelssohn Scholarship, which enabled him to continue his studies in Amsterdam with Ton de Leeuw, and the following year obtained...2021-02-191h 39The Samuel Andreyev PodcastAsk Me Anything!In this episode, I took questions live from my YouTube subscribers. Thanks to everyone who participated.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show2021-01-281h 26The Samuel Andreyev PodcastColin Matthews and Julian Anderson: a conversation among composersIn this episode I present a 3-way conversation between English composers Colin Matthews, Julian Anderson and myself.Colin Matthews was born in London in 1946. He studied with Arnold Whittall and Nicholas Maw; in the 1970s he was assistant to Benjamin Britten, and worked for many years with Imogen Holst. His collaboration with Deryck Cooke on the performing version of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony lasted from 1963 until its publication in 1975. Over four decades his music has ranged from solo piano music through five string quartets and many ensemble and orchestral works. He...2021-01-071h 39The Samuel Andreyev PodcastStudying composition in 2020In this episode, I spoke with three composition students about the musical and professional landscape they are about to graduate into: Jonty Watt, of Oxford, England; Ben Schweitzer, of the University of Massachussetts Amherst, and Thomas McGee, of Williams College. All three have one thing in common: they have all worked with me as private composition students over Skype, and though I have worked with some of them for years, we have never met in person. They are candid about the challenges they are facing, as well as some of the ways in wh...2020-12-182h 15The Samuel Andreyev PodcastRichard Haynes: Introducing the clarinet d'amoreClarinetist Richard Haynes performs music spanning the 18th to 21st centuries all over the world in a multitude of contexts. During the course of undergraduate study at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and further study at the University of Arts Bern his teachers included Brian Catchlove, Paul Dean, Ernesto Molinari, Diana Tolmie, Donna Wagner-Molinari and Floyd Williams. Since his solo debut with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17 performing the Clarinet Concerto by John Veale, Richard Haynes has performed further concerti by Copland, Mozart, Rankine, Smetanin, Westlake and Xenakis to acclaim, won the t...2020-12-111h 17
The ProgCast With Gregg BendianSamuel Andreyev - Episode 13 - The ProgCast With Gregg BendianSAMUEL ANDREYEV is an incredible composer with a fascinating analytical musical mind. We talk about Samuel's rich creative life, and break off into composers like Debussy, Ives, Varese, Stockhausen, among many others. Lots of common ground here, including a mutual admiration of Captain Beefheart.2020-12-032h 02The Samuel Andreyev PodcastIan Pace: pianist and musicologistIan Pace is a pianist of long-established reputation, specialising in the farthest reaches of musical modernism and transcendental virtuosity, as well as a writer and musicologist focusing on issues of performance, music and society and the avant-garde. He was born in Hartlepool, England in 1968, and studied at Chetham’s School of Music, The Queen’s College, Oxford and, as a Fulbright Scholar, at the Juilliard School in New York. His main teacher, and a major influence upon his work, was the Hungarian pianist György Sándor, a student of Bartók.He has played in many...2020-11-302h 09
The Euterpean PodcastComposer, Oboist, Educator | Samuel AndreyevIn this episode, I welcome award-winning composer, oboist and educator, Samuel Andreyev. We dissect each part of the title: from his experience as a composer living in France, to posting educational videos on YouTube. Our conversation is followed by Jana Luksts performance of SA's hypnotic Piano Piece No. IV. Hope you enjoy! ZachSupport the showIf you would like to support this podcast, consider becoming a patron on Patreon: simply click “support the show.” For more information about the podcast or to enquire about lessons in the Taubman Approach or composition, please emai...2020-11-1531 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastOn Extended TechniquesIn this episode, Samuel Andreyev presents a short introduction to the world of 'extended techniques', those unconventional ways of playing musical instruments that have become an almost ubiquitous feature of contemporary composition.**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Maya RasmussenPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss...2020-10-2709 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastAndy Creeggan, composer and erstwhile pop starThe Canadian composer, pianist and percussionist Andrew (Andy) Creeggan is equally at home in the worlds of classical composition and pop music. A member of the wildly successful Canadian band Barenaked Ladies from 1989 to 1995, he experienced fame early in life. Deciding that being a member of a band was not for him in the long run, he left to study composition at Montréal's McGill University. Since then, he has recorded and performed in The Brothers Creeggan, a band formed with his brother Jim Creeggan, and released three CDs of his compositions: Andiwork I, II and III (o...2020-10-021h 29The Samuel Andreyev PodcastBill Harkleroad (Zoot Horn Rollo): the making of Trout Mask ReplicaBill Harkleroad was the longest-serving guitarist of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, playing on such essential recordings as Trout Mask Replica, Lick My Decals Off, Baby and Clear Spot. His significant artistic and practical contributions to these works have largely gone unacknowledged. Bill subsequently formed the band Mallard, released masterful solo recordings including 2001's We Saw a Bozo Under the Sea, authored the book Lunar Notes, and taught extensively. He can be contacted for lessons here.**ORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASE...2020-08-241h 39The Samuel Andreyev PodcastAnthony Etherin: From Punk to PalindromesAnthony Etherin is a formalist poet, a publisher, and a musician. He tweets poetry @Anthony_Etherin and archives his published works online at anthonyetherin.wordpress.com. He founded Penteract Press and he invented the aelindrome. He hosts a (neglected, but soon to be revised) YouTube channel. He lives in the United Kingdom, on the border of England and Wales.**ORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitter2020-08-141h 36The Samuel Andreyev PodcastThe Labyrinthine Worlds of Chris DenchChris Dench was born in London in 1953. After periods living in Tuscany and West Berlin, the latter as a guest of the DAAD Berliner Kunstlerprogramm, he finally arrived to settle in Australia; he became an Australian citizen in 1992.He has had works commissioned by ensembles and individuals on three continents and is particularly recognized as a composer for solo woodwind instruments, having composed fourteen pieces for the genre at last count. He has enjoyed a close relationship with Australia's ELISION ensemble for over fifteen years; he has also had fruitful collaborations with other musicians, including, i...2020-07-261h 52The Samuel Andreyev PodcastJonathan Bell: From Ars Subtilior to Artificial IntelligenceThe music of Franco-British composer Jonathan Bell is influenced by Franco-Flemish polyphony, American minimalism (Morton Feldman), and spectral music. He graduated from the Paris Conservatoire with 4 prizes, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Doctorate in Musical Composition). Since 2007, he has collaborated intensely with the vocal ensemble De Caelis, which produces his music in numerous festivals (Île-de-France, European church music festival…), France Musique, and in collaboration with other ensembles (Links ensemble, choirs of several cathedrals). In Germany, he has received commissions from the Zafraan ensemble (Berlin) and SKAM (Stuttgart). In 2014-16, he followed a two-year IRCAM res...2020-07-221h 21The Samuel Andreyev PodcastArt Tripp’s journey from Stockhausen to ZappaPercussionist and drummer Art Tripp talks with composer Samuel Andreyev in a wide-ranging interview about his fascinating career working with John Cage, Frank Zappa, Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart), Robert Austin Boudreau, and many others. He also discusses meeting such luminaries as Morton Feldman, and performing avant-garde music by Stockhausen and others in the 1960s. His important contributions to albums such as Uncle Meat and Lick My Decals off Baby are covered in detail.**ORDER MY NEW CDIridescent NotationSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorbox2020-05-271h 55The Samuel Andreyev PodcastQuestions and AnswersThis episode reproduces the audio from my May 10th, 2020 Livestream Q&A on YouTube. Viewers typed their questions into a chat window and I answered them in real time. Due to the large volume of questions received, and my inability to answer even a small fraction of them, I am considering making this a weekly feature of my channel.**ORDER MY NEW CDIridescent NotationSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition...2020-05-141h 13The Samuel Andreyev PodcastCheryl Duvall, pianistToronto-based pianist Cheryl Duvall has established herself as one of Canada’s foremost contemporary music interpreters. A dynamic soloist and in-demand collaborator, Duvall has immersed herself in a wide variety of compositional aesthetics and collaborative endeavours.In 2012, she co-founded the “adventurous and smartly programmed” (Musicworks Magazine) chamber group Thin Edge New Music Collective, commissioning over 70 works, mounting multidisciplinary productions, touring worldwide, and collaborating with leading artists including Sarah Hennies, Linda Catlin Smith, and Ensemble Paramirabo.She has also worked with the likes of choreographer Peggy Baker, cellist Paul Pulford, film composer Darren Fung, and Es...2020-04-1157 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastConductor Luigi GaggeroLuigi Gaggero has been performing as cimbalom and percussion player and as a conductor at important concert halls and festivals all over Europe, USA, and China. With an endless passion for Medieval painting; Dante and Cavalcanti; the cinema of Tarkovsky and Tarr; Bach, Mozart and Kurtág; Heidegger and Nietzsche - Luigi is very sensitive to artists who express the Transcendental in art and therefore prioritizes, as an interpreter, a phenomenological approach to both classical and contemporary music. His interpretations are based on the empathic encounter between interpreter, composer and audience. This results in moving, colorful interpretations, whe...2020-03-281h 31The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 18: Composer - organist Thomas LacôteThomas Lacôte is organiste titulaire at the Eglise de la Trinité in Paris, a post that Olivier Messiaen held for 60 years. He worked at the Paris Conservatory for six years as the assistant of Michaël Levinas, before being named professor of analysis in 2014. He was educated at this institution, receiving five first prizes with distinction between 2002 and 2006. His manifold musical activities bring together composition, improvisation, performance, teaching and research. His cycle Etudes pour orgue (2006–2015) presents a new approach to the instrument and its sonority. In 2013, his first solo CD entitled The Fifth Hammer was recorded at th...2020-01-311h 19The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 17: Stravinsky's late period explainedSamuel Andreyev presents an overview of Stravinsky's late style, beginning with the pivotal work Agon, and continuing through Threni, Movements for Piano and Orchestra, and Variations Aldous Huxley in Memoriam.**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Maya RasmussenPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the showhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIW...2020-01-1230 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 16: Nick Storring's Haunting SoundworldsNick Storring is a Toronto-based composer, writer, musician and curator. His extensive worklist includes both instrumental chamber music and studio creations that he playfully refers to as 'solorchestral' music. In this episode, Nick talks with Samuel Andreyev about his influences, his musical philosophy and the inspiration behind some of his pieces.Nick has an LP forthcoming in early 2020 from Orange Milk Records, titled 'My Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell'. More information here.Pieces excerpted in the podcast (in order), with links to Soundcloud:Senesce for string quartetHypnic Jerk for...2019-12-291h 29The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 15: How does a Composer Write Music?In this episode, Samuel Andreyev responds to a viewer’s question: how does a composer write music?Watch the original YouTube video (now over 20,000 views!)**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Maya RasmussenPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show2019-12-0111 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 14: Making Sense of New Music with Dan AlbertsonIn this episode, Samuel Andreyev talks with Dan Albertson, music writer, critic, translator and creator of Composers21.com. They discuss the state of new music in the world today, both aesthetically and in terms of its institutions; and the challenges and opportunities facing young composers in the 21st century. See below for Dan's recommendations of who to follow, as referenced in the podcast.More about Dan**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagram...2019-11-171h 10The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 13: Chicago LectureOn 10 October 2017, I presented a lecture on my work at the University of Chicago. This lecture deals, apart from general aesthetic issues specific to my compositions, with the pieces Bern Trio for oboe d’amore, viola and harp, and Midnight Audition for solo viola. The lecture is followed by questions from the students in attendance.**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken intr...2019-11-031h 13The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 12: Jeff Cotton ('Antennae Jimmy Semens') on the making of Trout Mask ReplicaIn this episode, guitarist Jeff Cotton (known as 'Antennae Jimmy Semens') talks for the first time ever in public about his experience working with Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band on the albums Strictly Personal, Mirror Man and of course, Trout Mask Replica.Famously publicity-shy, Jeff granted me the honour of this first ever interview, filling in crucial details of his story, and providing a new perspective on the making of some of the most beguiling albums ever recorded. He also discusses his subsequent musical projects, and talks about where he is at today.**2019-10-201h 52The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 11: A conversation with Franck BedrossianFrench composer Franck Bedrossian speaks with Samuel Andreyev about his work, which is often associated with saturation music. He talks about his brief studies under Gérard Grisey, interrupted tragically by the latter's untimely death in 1998; as well as the formation of his radical aesthetic, the importance of electronics to his work, the influence of popular music, and the general situation of contemporary aesthetics today.See the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJSNb0xXb2w**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSY...2019-10-121h 14The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 10: A conversation with composer Julian AndersonBritish composer Julian Anderson talks to Samuel Andreyev about his work, the avant garde, composition today and spectralism, among other topics.HEAR JULIAN ANDERSON’S MUSICKhorovod for ensembleHeaven is Shy of Earth for chorus and orchestraFantasias for orchestra**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Maya RasmussenPodcast artw...2019-07-141h 34The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 9: Arnold Schoenberg, a Concise IntroductionComposer Samuel Andreyev presents a concise introduction to the work of Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), one of the most controversial composers of the modern period.See the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjV3PBIWO2I**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Maya RasmussenPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the sho...2019-06-3013 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 8: Mark Boston ('Rockette Morton') on the making of Trout Mask ReplicaComposer Samuel Andreyev talks with bassist Mark Boston ('Rockette Morton') about his work with the Magic Band on Trout Mask Replica and other Captain Beefheart albums, as well as his involvement with the band Mallard, and his solo work.**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Maya RasmussenPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show2019-06-161h 34The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 7: Samuel Andreyev in conversation with Paul SteenhuisenI was a guest on the May 21st episode of composer Paul Steenhuisen's podcast, Soundlab. Paul kindly allowed me to repost our discussion here. For those who are not familiar with Paul's excellent podcast, I urge you to subscribe — there are links below.We discussed my compositional background and aesthetics, and talked in some depth about my cantata, Iridescent Notation. The occasion was the work's Canadian premiere in Toronto on May 26th, 2019 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre. Maeve Palmer sang the demanding soprano part, and Robert Aitken conducted the New Music Concerts ensemble.**SU...2019-06-021h 12
The SOUNDLAB New Music PodcastSamuel ANDREYEVEpisode 46: Interview with Samuel ANDREYEV Discussion of ANDREYEV’s piece Iridescent Notation, poet Tom RAWORTH, comics, and more.2019-05-211h 11The SOUNDLAB New Music PodcastSamuel ANDREYEVEpisode 46: Interview with Samuel ANDREYEV
Discussion of ANDREYEV’s piece Iridescent Notation, poet Tom RAWORTH, comics, and more.
2019-05-211h 11The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 6: Betsy Jolas interviewBetsy Jolas is one of the most significant composers of her generation, and remains a vital force in contemporary European music. Now in her 90s, she continues to create a steady stream of important new works. Jolas’s substantial catalogue is known for its subtle lyricism, depth, and refinement; yet it is also informed by a staggering erudition, and highly personal view of the history of music. The daughter of Eugène and Maria Jolas, publishers of the influential literary magazine Transition, she was close to many key modernist figures — painters, writers, musicians— throughout the 20th century: James Joyce (whom sh...2019-05-191h 21The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 5: Adam Neely interviewAdam Neely has a hugely successful YouTube channel devoted to music theory. In this episode, Adam and Samuel Andreyev discuss the role of today's social media and communications technologies in the world of music. They also talk about why the Casio Rapman is so important.View the video of our discussion**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Ma...2019-05-051h 06The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 4: Van Dyke Parks interviewVan Dyke Parks' music is situated at the crossroads of vernacular and art music. He has pursued his rich and utterly original musical vision over the course of an extraordinary career that now spans over 60 years. Samuel Andreyev interviews Van Dyke about his career and musical philosophy, as well as the fertile meeting of vernacular and art music.View the video of our discussion**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel...2019-04-211h 40The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 3: How can composers earn a living?In this episode, Samuel Andreyev responds to a YouTube viewer's question: how can contemporary composers (and other artists) earn a living? He offers some practical advice as a response to this difficult, and perpetual problem.**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Maya RasmussenPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissIntroduction music: Samuel Andreyev's Piano Piece N° 2, performed by Trami Nguy...2019-04-0710 minThe Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 2: John French ('Drumbo') on the making of Trout Mask ReplicaOn April 28, 2017, I took a break from lecturing at UC Berkeley, California, and sat down for an extended discussion with drummer, arranger, composer and singer, John 'Drumbo' French. I wanted to understand the strange, unique and complex working process that led to the creation of the legendary 1969 album, Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. A great deal of misinformation, exaggerations and superficial comments have obscured the truth for far too long. No one on the planet knows more about this music and was more intimately involved in its creation than John French, and what he...2019-03-241h 45The Samuel Andreyev PodcastEpisode 1: How I solved a compositional problemIn this episode, Samuel Andreyev presents a lecture at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. The lecture deals with how he solved a compositional problem, as well as the challenge of integrating timbre into the language of contemporary music.View the video of the lecture**SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Maya RasmussenPodcast artwork ph...2019-03-101h 02
Nikhil Hogan ShowSamuel AndreyevOur guest today is the renowned composer, oboist, poet and teacher Samuel Andreyev! Andreyev studied composition with Allain Gaussin in Paris, then at the Paris Conservatory, where he obtained a masters degree in composition under Frédéric Durieux, and a prix d’analyse under Claude Ledoux. He also studied electroacoustics at IRCAM from 2011-12. His composition Night Division was awarded the grand prix of the Concours Henri Dutilleux in 2012. In the same year, he was awarded a one-year residency at the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid. Frequently sought after as a guest lecturer, Samue...2018-12-1359 min
The Symbolic World17- Patterns And Meaning In Music - With Samuel AndreyevI discuss with Samuel Andreyev who is a Canadian composer living in France. We discuss the question of abstraction and reference in music, the functions of music as well it the state of music today. Samuel has a youtube channel where he analyzes music theory and looks at particular artists and their compositions. https://www.youtube.com/user/temporalfissure Original video: https://youtu.be/tCKNKlJNDVo Support this channel: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos paypal: paypal.me/JonathanPageau website: http://www.pageaucarvings.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanpageau twitter: https://twitter.com/PageauCarvings2018-09-261h 23
The UncoverablesThe Uncoverables Podcast: Samuel Andreyev InterviewClick Here to Download
This week’s episode features an interview with Strasbourg France-based composer Samuel Andreyev in anticipation of his upcoming Montreal concert at Chapelle du Bon Pasteur. We speak about his compositional ideas, youtube findings, and a bit about the specific pieces being played in Montreal on April 19th.
Playlist:
Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Ned Rothenberg- “For a Minute, It was Almost Like Opera” from In Cahoots
Samuel Andreyev- Nombres imaginaires (2004) for flute and Cinq pièces (2011) for flute and percussion (excerpt)
Lejsovka & Freund-“Moonshadow Bath Song” from Music for...2017-04-1100 min