The Samuel Andreyev Podcast
Episodes
Anthony Etherin: From Punk Poet to Experimental Composer
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Samuel Andreyev and poet Anthony Etherin discuss Anthony’s work, transcending extreme literary constraints to produce exceptionally beautif...
Jean Sibelius’ 7th Symphony: An Inscrutable Labyrinth
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Samuel Andreyev presents an overview of Jean Sibelius’ most enigmatic symphonic creation.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISConta...
A History of the Musical Avant Garde, with James Ingram
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Composers Samuel Andreyev and James Ingram discuss the tradition and history of avant garde notation in music.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANA...
Jonathan Castellino: The Art of Abandoned Places
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Jonathan Castellino joins Samuel Andreyev for a wide-ranging discussion about their common hometown of Toronto, its urban fabric, the art...
Christian Bök and the Xenotext
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poet Christian Bök joins Samuel Andreyev for a discussion about his recently completed, death-defying, 25-year project, The Xenotext. Filmed February...
Lola Salem: An Optimistic Vision for Music
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lola Salem joins Samuel Andreyev for a discussion about the current state of the arts, especially music, and what a beautiful vision for the futur...
Boulez at 100: Does He Still Matter?
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Samuel Andreyev talks about Pierre Boulez, his influence, his public persona, and the state of his musical legacy.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOS...
James Ingram: Life with Stockhausen
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James Ingram is a composer, music engraver and author. He lived and worked with Stockhausen for 28 years. Recorded December 3rd, 2024.==PRIVATE LESSON...
August 2024 Q&A
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel Andreye answers viewer’s questions. Recorded July 27, 2024.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) g...
John Densmore: My Life with The Doors
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Samuel Andreyev interviews drummer, actor and author John Densmore of The Doors.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via s...
Jean-François Spricigo: Art as a Way of Life
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Samuel Andreyev interviews Belgian photographer and multidisciplinary artist Jean-François Spricigo.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANA...
Answering Questions from Listeners
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel Andreyev answers viewer’s questions in this Q&A session.==PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSISContact me via samuel.andreyev (at) ...
Curt Jaimungal: A Mathematical Physicist and Composer Walk into a Bar..
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation between composer Samuel Andreyev and mathematical physicist Curt Jaimungal. Curt produces the wildly popular podcast Theories of Everyt...
Rafael Toral: Ambient Music and its History
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation between composers Rafael Toral and Samuel Andreyev was conducted on 25 March 2024.==RAFAEL TORAL’S WEBSITEhttps://rafaeltoral.net/...
Jim O’Rourke & Samuel Andreyev: Round Two!
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary guitarist, composer, songwriter, producer and record label mogul Jim O’Rourke returns to the Samuel Andreyev Podcast to discuss artists wh...
Lola Salem: Opera Must Change, Or It Will Die!
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Lola Salem graduated from the École Normale Supérieure, Lyon, in 2015 (MA Musicology), the Sorbonne in 2018 (MA Aesthetics and Philosophy of Arts...
Matthew Sheeran: The Quest for Microtonal Music
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sheeran is a UK-based composer, violinist and arranger. His new album, arranging music by the American microtonal composer Easley Blackwood, h...
Ian Pace, Round 3: The Artist in Society
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Pace is a pianist, musicologist and Professor of Music, Culture and Society at City, University of London. This is his third appearance on the Sam...
Luigi Gaggero: The Art of Conducting
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Luigi Gaggero is a conductor and cymbalom soloist.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIn Glow of Like Seclusion...
Martin Suckling: How to Write Beautiful Music
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Suckling was born in Glasgow in 1981. After spending his teenage years performing in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and in ceili...
Gary Barwin: Artists Will Save the World
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Barwin is a novelist, composer, poet. This conversation was recorded 4 December 2023 via zoom.GARY BARWIN WEBSITEhttps://garybarwin.com/bio/SUPPO...
Jim O’Rourke, composer
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jim O’Rourke is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, archivist, and former member of Sonic Youth.JIM O’ROURKE ON BANDCAMPhttps://steamroom.ban...
Fifty-One Minutes About Harmony, with composer Julian Anderson
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I had an impromptu discussion with British composer Julian Anderson about harmony. It was recorded in the Hotel de l’Hermitage in Monte Carlo, Monac...
Jean-Luc Hervé, compositeur [in French]
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
**EPISODE IN FRENCH / EPISODE EN FRANÇAIS**Né en 1960, Jean-Luc Hervé fait ses études au Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris avec Gérard...
Dr. Tyler Foster, Mathematician and composer: Music and AI
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tyler Foster is a mathematician and composer working in machine learning. This conversation was recorded over Zoom on March 23rd, 2023.MUSIC EXCER...
Laurence Osborn, composer
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Laurence Osborn (b. 1989) is a British composer currently based in London. His music has been commissioned and/or programmed by the London Symphony Or...
Robin Holloway, composer
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Holloway is a British composer and professor at the University of Cambridge. This conversation was filmed at the composer’s home in Cambridge ...
An Announcement — and a Special Bonus!
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HELP US REACH OUR CROWDFUNDING GOAL!Wemakeit pageSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYo...
Ensemble Proton Bern
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with four members of Ensemble Proton Bern immediately following a recording session for my composition ‘Sonata da Camera’ at the SRF Radio...
Michael Finnissy, composer
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Finnissy is a British composer and pianist. This conversation was recorded via Zoom on 27 April 2022.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:12 The composi...
Ian Pace, Round 2: Music in Higher Education
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Pace is a pianist, musicologist and professor at City, University of London. This is his second appearance on the Samuel Andreyev Podcast. The con...
La naissance de la musique spectrale : Hugues Dufourt
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
**EPISODE IN FRENCH / EPISODE EN FRANÇAIS**Hugues Dufourt privilégie les continuités et les lentes transformations d'un discours musical qui n...
New Music in Ukraine: Dina Pysarenko
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Born in Donetsk (Ukraine), Dina Pysarenko is a pianist, accompanist at the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy of Ukraine, soloist of the Ukho Ensemble...
Q & A: How Can Composers Earn a Living?
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
00:00 Introduction00:41 Pieces that changed my life06:04 Thoughts on the ‘saturation’ movement08:48 Music and other art forms11:38 Is western musi...
Kenneth Goldsmith, poet
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kenneth Goldsmith is an American poet. His writing has been called some of the most exhaustive and beautiful collage work yet produced in poetry by Pu...
Alexander Goehr, composer
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Goehr is a composer for whom the conventional labels of new music seem increasingly inadequate. A latent nonconformism is already suggested ...
Nuria Schoenberg-Nono: The Composers in my Life
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nuria Schoenberg-Nono was born in Barcelona in 1932 to parents Arnold and Gertrud Schoenberg. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, and settled to E...
Augusta Read Thomas, composer
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The music of Augusta Read Thomas has been performed all over the world by conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Mstislav Rostropovich, S...
Martin Iddon: The Musical Riddles of John Cage
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020, the composer and musicologist Martin Iddon and the pianist Philip Thomas published a 400-page monograph outlining, in extraordinary detail, t...
Christian Bök and the Aesthetics of Impossibility
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Born in Toronto, Christian Bök focuses on the intersection of language and science in his work. His first book of poetry, Crystallography, was nomina...
Julian Nott: How to be a Film Composer
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Nott came to music relatively late. After studying Music and Politics and Economics at Oxford University, he worked for a management consultanc...
In the Composer's Atelier
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020, Edition Impronta published Samuel Andreyev’s second volume of solo piano pieces, n°s V—VIII. In this episode, he speaks about the genesi...
Betsy Jolas: My Trip to Bali with Xenakis and Takemitsu
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1972, Betsy Jolas (b. 1926) traveled to Indonesia with Iannis Xenakis, Toru Takemitsu, Henri-Louis de la Grange, Maurice Fleuret and several others...
Larry Schoenberg: Arnold Schoenberg, My Father
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s passing in July 13, 1951, Samuel Andreyev speaks with his son Lawrence Adam (Larry) S...
Martin Keary (Tantacrul): composer, designer, polymath
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Keary: biographyI'm the head of design at MuseScore, with 14 years of experience working on applications and games for IOS, Android, Windo...
John Moraitis: harpsichordist and musicologist
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Moraitis is a musicologist, harpsichordist, and pianist currently residing in Athens. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance fr...
Matthew Ricketts, composer
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Ricketts (b. 1986, British Columbia) is a Canadian composer currently based in New York City. His music moves from extremes of presence and ab...
Michele Zaccagnini: the 'Adorno Rule'
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michele Zaccagnini studied clarinet at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome, graduated cum laude with a bachelor in Economics at Universita’ La S...
Ermir Bejo: the Scorefollower project
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ermir Bejo, born in 1987 in Tirana Albania, is a contemporary classical and electronic music composer. Both within and apart from his music, Bejo draw...
Marco Fusi: The Mystery of Scelsi
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marco Fusi is a violinist/violist, and a passionate advocate for the music of our time.Among many collaborations with emerging and established compose...
Linda Catlin Smith, composer
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Linda 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 p...
Why You Need Carl Ruggles in Your Life
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carl 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...
Alexander Sigman, composer
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With a unique background in music composition + technology, cognitive science, and data science, Alexander Sigman has been active internationally as a...
Brian Ferneyhough interview
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Ferneyhough is widely recognized as one of today's foremost living composers. Since the mid-1970s, when he first gained widespread internat...
Ask Me Anything!
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I took questions live from my YouTube subscribers. Thanks to everyone who participated.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUE...
Colin Matthews and Julian Anderson: a conversation among composers
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I present a 3-way conversation between English composers Colin Matthews, Julian Anderson and myself.Colin Matthews was born in London ...
Studying composition in 2020
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I spoke with three composition students about the musical and professional landscape they are about to graduate into: Jonty Watt, of ...
Richard Haynes: Introducing the clarinet d'amore
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Clarinetist Richard Haynes performs music spanning the 18th to 21st centuries all over the world in a multitude of contexts. During the course of unde...
Ian Pace: pianist and musicologist
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Pace is a pianist of long-established reputation, specialising in the farthest reaches of musical modernism and transcendental virtuosity, as well...
On Extended Techniques
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Samuel Andreyev presents a short introduction to the world of 'extended techniques', those unconventional ways of playing m...
Andy Creeggan, composer and erstwhile pop star
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Canadian composer, pianist and percussionist Andrew (Andy) Creeggan is equally at home in the worlds of classical composition and pop music. A mem...
Bill Harkleroad (Zoot Horn Rollo): the making of Trout Mask Replica
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Harkleroad was the longest-serving guitarist of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, playing on such essential recordings as Trout Mask Replica, ...
Anthony Etherin: From Punk to Palindromes
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Etherin is a formalist poet, a publisher, and a musician. He tweets poetry @Anthony_Etherin and archives his published works online at anthony...
The Labyrinthine Worlds of Chris Dench
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris 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, ...
Jonathan Bell: From Ars Subtilior to Artificial Intelligence
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The music of Franco-British composer Jonathan Bell is influenced by Franco-Flemish polyphony, American minimalism (Morton Feldman), and spectral music...
Art Tripp’s journey from Stockhausen to Zappa
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Percussionist and drummer Art Tripp talks with composer Samuel Andreyev in a wide-ranging interview about his fascinating career working with John Cag...
Questions and Answers
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode reproduces the audio from my May 10th, 2020 Livestream Q&A on YouTube. Viewers typed their questions into a chat window and I answere...
Cheryl Duvall, pianist
11 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toronto-based pianist Cheryl Duvall has established herself as one of Canada’s foremost contemporary music interpreters. A dynamic soloist and in-de...
Conductor Luigi Gaggero
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luigi Gaggero has been performing as cimbalom and percussion player and as a conductor at important concert halls and festivals all over Europe, USA, ...
Episode 18: Composer - organist Thomas Lacôte
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas 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 Co...
Episode 17: Stravinsky's late period explained
12 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel Andreyev presents an overview of Stravinsky's late style, beginning with the pivotal work Agon, and continuing through Threni, Movements f...
Episode 16: Nick Storring's Haunting Soundworlds
29 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Storring is a Toronto-based composer, writer, musician and curator. His extensive worklist includes both instrumental chamber music and studio cr...
Episode 15: How does a Composer Write Music?
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 14: Making Sense of New Music with Dan Albertson
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Samuel Andreyev talks with Dan Albertson, music writer, critic, translator and creator of Composers21.com. They discuss the state of ...
Episode 13: Chicago Lecture
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On 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...
Episode 12: Jeff Cotton ('Antennae Jimmy Semens') on the making of Trout Mask Replica
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, guitarist Jeff Cotton (known as 'Antennae Jimmy Semens') talks for the first time ever in public about his experience worki...
Episode 11: A conversation with Franck Bedrossian
12 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
French composer Franck Bedrossian speaks with Samuel Andreyev about his work, which is often associated with saturation music. He talks about his brie...
Episode 10: A conversation with composer Julian Anderson
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
British composer Julian Anderson talks to Samuel Andreyev about his work, the avant garde, composition today and spectralism, among other topics.HEAR ...
Episode 9: Arnold Schoenberg, a Concise Introduction
29 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Samuel Andreyev presents a concise introduction to the work of Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), one of the most controversial...
Episode 8: Mark Boston ('Rockette Morton') on the making of Trout Mask Replica
16 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Composer Samuel Andreyev talks with bassist Mark Boston ('Rockette Morton') about his work with the Magic Band on Trout Mask Replica and oth...
Episode 7: Samuel Andreyev in conversation with Paul Steenhuisen
02 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I 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...
Episode 6: Betsy Jolas interview
19 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Betsy 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 ...
Episode 5: Adam Neely interview
05 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Neely has a hugely successful YouTube channel devoted to music theory. In this episode, Adam and Samuel Andreyev discuss the role of today's...
Episode 4: Van Dyke Parks interview
21 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Van Dyke Parks' music is situated at the crossroads of vernacular and art music. He has pursued his rich and utterly original musical vision over...
Episode 3: How can composers earn a living?
07 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Samuel Andreyev responds to a YouTube viewer's question: how can contemporary composers (and other artists) earn a living? He of...
Episode 2: John French ('Drumbo') on the making of Trout Mask Replica
23 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On April 28, 2017, I took a break from lecturing at UC Berkeley, California, and sat down for an extended discussion with drummer, arranger, composer ...
Episode 1: How I solved a compositional problem
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Samuel Andreyev presents a lecture at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. The lecture deals with how he solved a compositi...