telling stories, transcending genre.
"The platform itself was to give the artist a sense that they could programme anything, so I never wanted to tell them what to perform — because that would defeat the point. So I think it was more exciting to say: these are the artists that are thinking about music in the same way."
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!["The characters of Besse are also [representing] elements in the brewing process. You’ve got the key elements of brewing...](https://img5.medioq.com/308/683/1117535043086839.jpg)
"The characters of Besse are also [representing] elements in the brewing process. You’ve got the key elements of brewing: yeast, malt, hops, water, and at the end there’s the alcohol." July 24-26: Infinite Opera's production of 'Besse' takes place at Signature Brew, London - learn more about Infinite Opera on PRXLUDES:
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ICYMI: British composer and curator Alex Groves discusses hyperpop, John Luther Adams, embracing change, and more - read now on PRXLUDES:
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"A very important thing to me is the DIY aspect — which, again, I’ve definitely gotten from listening to punk. The resourcefulness, I think, is so fu***ng important. We can’t let limitations — pragmatic, earthly limitations — hold us back as composers, because there are always gonna be challenges..." Check out this month's interview with composer Rebecca Galian Castello - in this month's issue of PRXLUDES:
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“To create an ecosystem is difficult; you have to remove the egocentrism, you have to make sure you are serving other peoples’ interpretations as well as your own. You need people to be engaged with you [and] what you’re doing. But I think that is an important aspect of creating art.” This month on PRXLUDES: Infinite Opera discuss creating operatic ecosystems ahead of their performance of 'Besse' at Signature Brew, London (24-26 July) - learn more about Infinite Opera on PRXLUDES:
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Alex Groves is a British composer and curator working across contemporary classical and electronic music. His work blends classical instruments, ambient textures, and live-processed electronics to create uncanny soundworlds which blur the line between acoustic and electronic. He is currently a Britten Sinfonia Magnum Opus Composer and a Bang on a Can Composer Fellow - learn more about Alex's practice and read our interview with him on PRXLUDES ☝️ ☝️ ☝️
"I think throughout everything that I write, there’s always this running thread of “noise” — however you define that. Ideas of distortion: whether that’s acoustic, or with pedals, with effects. A certain rawness of sound." This month on PRXLUDES - composer Rebecca Galian Castello discusses composing with distortion - read now:
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"When we look to the future of a lot of artforms, it’s going to be about building more experiential ideas; and that sense of worldbuilding within classical music will become really important..." This month on PRXLUDES: composer and curator on artist-led curation and the future of classical music - read now on PRXLUDES ⭐
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⭐ British composer and curator Alex Groves on sculpture, hyperpop, returning to academia, and embracing change: https://buff.ly/4bJrwKb
⭐ London-based French composer Rebecca Galian Castello on composing distortion, folk traditions, and DIY ethics: https://buff.ly/4cVAnJB
⭐ Birmingham-based opera company Infinite Opera on mythologising beer, egalitarian collaboration, and performing in unconventional spaces: https://buff.ly/4cYE6WH
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This month on PRXLUDES:
⭐ British composer and curator Alex Groves () on sculpture, hyperpop, returning to academia, and embracing change
⭐ London-based French composer Rebecca Galian Castello () on composing distortion, folk traditions, and DIY ethics
⭐ Birmingham-based opera company Infinite Opera () on mythologising beer, egalitarian collaboration, and performing in unconventional spaces
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!["[There’s] something very generous, I find, with a lot of experimental music — the kind of experimental music which uses...](https://img4.medioq.com/390/614/1109341973906146.jpg)
"[There’s] something very generous, I find, with a lot of experimental music — the kind of experimental music which uses limited musical materials, or lots of repetition." ICYMI- read our conversation with Iranian-American composer Darius Paymai - now on PRXLUES:
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!["I think that the abstraction of [opera] really accesses much greater emotional truth. That’s what I appreciate about do...](https://img5.medioq.com/404/159/1107987464041597.jpg)
"I think that the abstraction of [opera] really accesses much greater emotional truth. That’s what I appreciate about doing it." Dive into the practice of opera librettist Hannah Hayden - out now on PRXLUDES:
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"Discovering microtonality was compelling for that reason — it was a realisation that actually, the world is much broader, and more complex and fascinating. There’s so many more possiblities than that framework makes clear." ~ Massachussetts-based composer and accordionist Ben Richter is performing at Café OTO on 29th July with Lore Lixenberg - learn more about Ben on PRXLUDES:
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"I think it’s that very Jürg Frey thing; how a sound can be a silence, and how a cycle can be stasis. It just depends on how long you’re listening to it for. If you hear something loop once, or twice, maybe you won’t feel like it’s static; but if you hear it looping a bunch of times, at different rates across [a] whole orchestra…"
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"I used to write pop songs at the piano, or musical concepts — I always had this big, grand storyline with every song that I wrote, and imagined this musical production that they would be a part of..." Composer Crystalla Serghiou's () stunning work 'SALT' was performed last week by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Southbank Centre - learn more about Crystalla on PRXLUDES:
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Dive into the multi-faceted practice of opera librettist Hannah Hayden - out now in the June issue of PRXLUDES:
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From the archives: composer Kian Ravaei on channeling inspiration through tradition - how do you channel inspiration in your work? Learn more about Kian on PRXLUDES:
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Coming up on 11th July - our friends Eternal Series London perform music by Neil Luck, Catherine Lamb, Alvin Lucier and more at St. Giles Cripplegate - learn more:
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ICYMI: Check out our conversation with Québécois composer Patrick Giguère - out now in our June issue of PRXLUDES:
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!["The way I sketch, often, is with one of those A3 landscape [pads]. I’m able to have multiple ideas on the same page, in...](https://img3.medioq.com/480/660/1100337344806609.jpg)
"The way I sketch, often, is with one of those A3 landscape [pads]. I’m able to have multiple ideas on the same page, in different corners — I work corner to corner, and then work in and see how things connect sometimes..." From this month's issue of PRXLUDES - our conversation with London-based composer Darius Paymai, learn more:
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This month on PRXLUDES: Québécois composer Patrick Giguère discusses spontaneity and working with longform durations - read more on PRXLUDES:
https://buff.ly/45CHuEg
"During the writing process, you are almost in the space of the piece — and besides the struggles of writer’s block and these kinds of things, being immersed in the middle of the story is a really nice place to be." From our April issue: our conversation with Dutch multimedia composer Celia Swart - read now on PRXLUDES:
https://buff.ly/4cY9965
!["Something I started thinking about when I was ghostwriting, and then more within [opera]: a lot of it is just so much c...](https://img4.medioq.com/835/347/1098202048353472.jpg)
"Something I started thinking about when I was ghostwriting, and then more within [opera]: a lot of it is just so much character study, which is basically gossiping. Why did they do this, why would they do this, why would this person do something like that — I wonder what happened in their childhood?" - Hannah Hayden's opera The Casserole with composer Evan L. Snyder closes TONIGHT at Milton Court Studio Theatre - learn more about Hannah on PRXLUDES:
Librettist Hannah Hayden discusses her upcoming opera, fairy tales, stoner comedy, the “action” of libretto, …
ICYMI: Check out this month's interview with Iranian-American composer Darius Paymai - read now on PRXLUDES:
https://buff.ly/4b4LO03
!["I like that moment of alienation: the moment of something I’m used to [being] so strange. The more you think about it, ...](https://img5.medioq.com/189/968/1096073261899684.jpg)
"I like that moment of alienation: the moment of something I’m used to [being] so strange. The more you think about it, and the more you learn about it, the more it’s like it’s from another planet." From the archives: our interview with composer Robin Fiedler 🔥 read now on PRXLUDES-
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"There’s certain things that he’s been able to articulate in the composition process after he receives the words, that have helped me tailor how to think about writing something for performance. You have to be so much more aware of action..." Librettist Hannah Hayden on writing her opera The Casserole with composer Evan L. Snyder - learn more on PRXLUDES:
https://buff.ly/3XlEQRi
Dive into this month's feature with Iranian-American composer Darius Paymai - learn more about Darius on PRXLUDES:
https://buff.ly/4b4LO03
“As a composer, I am not interested in being ‘interesting’ anymore. For me, writing interesting music is not enough; when I go to a concert, and I listen to interesting music, I have a good time, but I want to feel something.” Out now on PRXLUDES: our interview with Québécois composer Patrick Giguère, discussing longform durations, spontaneity, compositional DNA, and "innovation music" - read now:
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