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06/01/2026

🎵 From PRXLUDES composer Michele Deiana - whose new work 'Seethe' has been released by Ensemble Forma Libera as part of their "Playlist 2030":

"Seethe captures the urgency of protecting the planet’s largest ecosystem: the ocean. In the context of the piece, the word “seethe” suggests a deep, restless agitation in an ocean no longer willing to accept the daily harm imposed by humanity, calling strongly for change."

Listen to the piece: https://open.spotify.com/track/0sYkfeuHDhXtdkrjGmsGn9?si=303ce8c1565645ac

Michele was the first interview ever published on PRXLUDES - have a read of our conversation here:
https://prxludes.net/2020/06/01/michele-deiana/

05/01/2026

🔥 We're so excited to unveil the lineup for our FIRST LIVE SHOW on Thurs 5 Feb ✨

We're thrilled that our ensemble partners Standard Issue will be performing works by:
Millicent B. James
Blasio Kavuma
Rylan Gleave
Aileen Sweeney
Holly Gowland
Kian Ravaei

With production and electronics by Jon Paul Mayse of Stomping Ground - supported by The Hinrichsen Foundation and the Vaughan Williams Foundation 💫

WHO ARE WE SEEING THERE? Get yr tix now at dice.fm or the following link:
https://dice.fm/event/8er2p5-prxlive-launch-party-prxludes-x-standard-issue-x-stomping-ground-5th-feb-folklore-hoxton-london-tickets?lng=en

31/12/2025

2️⃣ 0️⃣ 2️⃣ 5️⃣ you've been surreal ⚡

Here's a bit of what we've been up to this year...

🔥 32 interviews conducted, 44 articles published, 60 artists platformed - with over 21,000 of you wonderful humans tuning into our articles
🔥 Presenting DANCE SUITE with Alex Groves and Zubin Kanga at PRS Foundation's New Music Biennial 2025, in partnership with Bradford City of Culture 2025, BBC Radio 3, and NMC Recordings
🔥 Embarking on a Multi-Year Partnership with The Hinrichsen Foundation, giving us pivotal support in developing new initiatives to support composers
🔥 Launching our concert, touring, and commissioning series PRX.LIVE with Standard Issue and Stomping Ground, bringing music by cutting-edge composers to informal stages around the UK from 2026

We want to extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone in our incredible community - composers, performers, organisations, audiences, lovers of contemporary music of all kinds - for supporting us, celebrating this wonderful music with us, and being part of this incredible music scene we share together. There's no way any of this could happen without you.

This is only the beginning. We'll see you in 2026 💖

29/12/2025

Amelia Clarkson is a composer from County Down in Northern Ireland, working between Belfast and Manchester. Her music is described as “inherent elusiveness… beautifully captured” (Het Parool), blending folk influences with contemporary timbres, exploring modern issues through the lens of nature, mythology and literature. Amelia is a 2026 Royal Philharmonic Society composer, and a composer with Music Patron; she is represented by Contemporary Music Centre (CMC) Ireland as an Associate Composer.

Amelia writes for PRXLUDES about burnout, overworking, and hard times in freelance composing - have a read:
https://prxludes.net/2025/12/15/a-thousand-tiny-decisions/

22/12/2025

Featured composer: ASHKAN LAYEGH 🔥

Ashkan Layegh is an Iranian composer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist currently based in London. Ashkan’s practice incorporates a multifaceted artistic outlook that examines the perception of structure, variation, and affordability within musical material. Ashkan recently developed 'Ephemerality and Recurrence' with .sinfonietta as part of their Writing the Future programme; he is a current PhD candidate at the , where he gained his Master’s degree as composer and Bachelor’s degree as a pianist — the first Iranian to do so since the 1979 Revolution.

Following his premiere with the London Sinfonietta, spoke with Ashkan to discuss self-reflexivity, frames, collective memory-making, and more - read now on PRXLUDES:
https://prxludes.net/2025/12/15/ashkan-layegh/

19/12/2025

Featured composer: TÍMEA URBAN 🔥

Tímea Urban is a composer born in Košice, Slovakia in 1998, currently based in Vienna. She gained her education in composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and Universität Mozarteum Salzburg. Tímea’s central artistic focus is interactivity and temporal fluidity, with her practice ranging from instrumental and vocal pieces ranging from solo, larger ensemble, and orchestral, to electroacoustic pieces and performance.

On 10th February 2026, a portrait concert of Tímea’s work will be performed by the Prague Philharmonia as a part of their Contemporary Music Series; ahead of her portrait concert in Prague, we spoke with Tímea over Zoom, discussing performing together, creative crises, and empathetic approaches to composition:
https://prxludes.net/2025/12/15/timea-urban

17/12/2025

Featured composer: MATTHEW LEE KNOWLES 🔥

Matthew Lee Knowles is a composer based in London with a penchant for durational performance and transcribing words into music. Highlights of 2025 include performing an eighteen song show ‘I Can See Your Daemon’ with La Chiva at Lauderdale House; the premiere of a twenty hour organ composition titled ‘For Samuel Beckett’ with Kat Farn; and organising and performing a forty hour performance of Satie’s ‘Vexations’ with Francesco Pio...

Patrick Ellis met Matthew, who was armed with a large pile of scores, at a café in Shoreditch to talk about John Cage, laborious processes, long durations, translating text to music, and more...
https://prxludes.net/2025/12/15/matthew-lee-knowles

16/12/2025

❄️ Yesterday, we published our FINAL ISSUE of 2025 - featuring new interviews and articles with some of the most cutting-edge composers of today, including Matthew Lee Knowles, Tímea Urban, Ashkan Layegh, and Amelia Clarkson ✨

Interested? Have a read on PRXLUDES now: https://prxludes.net

15/12/2025

🦋 NEW PRXLUDES - OUT NOW 🦋

This month on PRXLUDES - new interviews and articles with the most cutting-edge composers of today, including:
❄️ British composer Matthew Lee Knowles, in conversation with Patrick Ellis about John Cage, laborious processes, long durations, and translating text to music: prxludes.net/2025/12/15/matthew-lee-knowles
❄️ Slovak composer Tímea Urban discusses performing together, creative crises, serendipity, and empathetic approaches to composition: https://prxludes.net/2025/12/15/timea-urban
❄️ UK-based Iranian composer Ashkan Layegh chats with Finn Mattingly about self-reflexivity, architecture, and collective memory making: https://prxludes.net/2025/12/15/ashkan-layegh
❄️ Composer Amelia Clarkson writes about burnout, overworking, and the realities of freelance life: https://prxludes.net/2025/12/15/a-thousand-tiny-decisions

Interested? Check it all out NOW on PRXLUDES 🦋

12/12/2025

📆 Save the date: PRXLUDES' FINAL ISSUE of 2025 this Monday 15th - featuring interviews and articles with today's most cutting-edge composers ‼️🔥

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10/12/2025

💖 Spread the word: PRXLUDES IS GOING .LIVE! 💖

Tickets are flying out for our launch party at Folklore Hoxton, London on 5 February, with Standard Issue and Stomping Ground - are we seeing you there? Get yer tix now:
https://dice.fm/event/8er2p5-prxlive-launch-party-prxludes-x-standard-issue-x-stomping-ground-5th-feb-folklore-hoxton-london-tickets?lng=en

08/12/2025

We had the privilege of speaking with Thai composer Thanakarn Schofield about politics, censorship, ritual, and so much more - interested? Read Thanakarn's interview for PRXLUDES - in conversation with Sofia Jen Ouyang:
https://prxludes.net/2025/11/17/thanakarn-schofield/

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