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The Samuel Andreyev Podcast

by Samuel Andreyev · English · Arts & Books

Samuel Andreyev talks with the performers and composers who are changing the music world today.

New episodes: Monthly
Typical length: 1 hr 22 min
Latest: 7 Sep 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

7 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 12 min

Lukas Ligeti: Ugandan Court Music Changed My Life!

Lukas Ligeti joined me in my Kehl studio for a wide-ranging conversation about his life, work, and new album, Notebook. Join me on Patreon, where I share essays, archival materials, and works in progress: https://www.patreon.com/samuelandreyev Order Lukas’ new album, Notebook https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lukas-ligeti-notebook Hear a livestream performance of Notebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H-pjSW8obM Private lessons in composition & analysis samuel.andreyev (at...

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14 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 55 min
Pierre d'Alancaisez: The Crisis in Contemporary Art
Pierre d’Alancaisez is a critic, curator, and researcher working with the multiple politics of the arts. His writing has appeared in outlets such as The Critic, ArtReview, The Spectator, and Compact. In 2024, he co-founded Verdurin, a space for experimentation in aesthetics, learning, and the difficult conversations which drive today’s culture. Pierre previously directed waterside contemporary, a gallery that tested social and political questions in the art market. He curated exhibitions with...
15 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 23 min
Zoot Horn Rollo: Why I Teach Online
Samuel Andreyev sits down with Bill Harkleroad, AKA Zoot Horn Rollo, for a discussion of online teaching, and why Bill has chosen to go that route. Support the show
11 Dec 2025 · 1 hr 39 min
Anthony Etherin: From Punk Poet to Experimental Composer
Composer Samuel Andreyev and poet Anthony Etherin discuss Anthony’s work, transcending extreme literary constraints to produce exceptionally beautiful poems. Support the show
30 Jun 2025 · 21 min
Jean Sibelius’ 7th Symphony: An Inscrutable Labyrinth
Composer Samuel Andreyev presents an overview of Jean Sibelius’ most enigmatic symphonic creation. == PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Post production: ...
27 May 2025 · 1 hr 33 min
A History of the Musical Avant Garde, with James Ingram
Composers Samuel Andreyev and James Ingram discuss the tradition and history of avant garde notation in music. == PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Post ...
2 May 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
Jonathan Castellino: The Art of Abandoned Places
Photographer 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 ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Of...
24 Apr 2025 · 1 hr 43 min
Christian Bök and the Xenotext
Poet 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 ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher...
4 Apr 2025 · 1 hr 23 min
Lola Salem: An Optimistic Vision for Music
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 future might look like. == PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impron...
9 Mar 2025 · 33 min
Boulez 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 ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE...
18 Dec 2024 · 1 hr 10 min
James Ingram: Life with Stockhausen
James 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 ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scor...
13 Sep 2024 · 38 min
August 2024 Q&A
Samuel Andreye answers viewer’s questions. Recorded July 27, 2024. == PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Post production: Arkadiusz Buchala Podcast artwo...
8 Aug 2024 · 47 min
John Densmore: My Life with The Doors
Composer Samuel Andreyev interviews drummer, actor and author John Densmore of The Doors. == PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Post production: Arkadius...
24 Jul 2024 · 1 hr 17 min
Jean-François Spricigo: Art as a Way of Life
Composer Samuel Andreyev interviews Belgian photographer and multidisciplinary artist Jean-François Spricigo. == PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Post ...
19 Jun 2024 · 32 min
Answering Questions from Listeners
Samuel Andreyev answers viewer’s questions in this Q&A session. == PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Post production: Arkadiusz Buchala Podcast artw...
17 May 2024 · 1 hr 21 min
Curt 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 ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com NEW ALBUM COMING 17 NOVEMBER 2023!! Order yours today: https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL AN...
10 May 2024 · 1 hr 26 min
Rafael Toral: Ambient Music and its History
This conversation between composers Rafael Toral and Samuel Andreyev was conducted on 25 March 2024. == RAFAEL TORAL’S WEBSITE https://rafaeltoral.net/ PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com NEW ALBUM COMING 17 NOVEMBER 2023!! Order yours today: https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/s...
17 Apr 2024 · 2 hr 3 min
Jim 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 PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores...
9 Apr 2024 · 1 hr 39 min
Lola 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 acros...
1 Mar 2024 · 1 hr 37 min
Matthew Sheeran: The Quest for Microtonal Music
Matthew 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 PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Sa...
27 Feb 2024 · 2 hr 21 min
Ian Pace, Round 3: The Artist in Society
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 Samuel Andreyev Podcast. IAN PACE’S WEBSITE https://ianpace.com/ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Pos...
12 Dec 2023 · 1 hr 23 min
Luigi Gaggero: The Art of Conducting
Luigi Gaggero is a conductor and cymbalom soloist. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox ORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASE In Glow of Like Seclusion LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Podcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss Support the show
12 Dec 2023 · 1 hr 22 min
Martin Suckling: How to Write Beautiful Music
Martin 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, ...
5 Dec 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
Gary Barwin: Artists Will Save the World
Gary Barwin is a novelist, composer, poet. This conversation was recorded 4 December 2023 via zoom. GARY BARWIN WEBSITE https://garybarwin.com/bio/ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Post production: Philippe Gosselin Podcast artwork photograph © 201...
1 Dec 2023 · 2 hr 9 min
Jim O’Rourke, composer
Jim O’Rourke is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, archivist, and former member of Sonic Youth. JIM O’ROURKE ON BANDCAMP https://steamroom.bandcamp.com/ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEW ALBUM https://divineartrecords.com/recording/samuel-andreyev-in-glow-of-like-seclusion/ LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Post production: Philippe Gosselin Podcast artwork photo...
11 Oct 2023 · 51 min
Fifty-One Minutes About Harmony, with composer Julian Anderson
I 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 PODCAST Patreon Donorbox ORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASE In Glow of Like Seclusion LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Podcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss Support the show
9 Jun 2023 · 1 hr 17 min
Jean-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 19...
3 Apr 2023 · 1 hr 18 min
Dr. Tyler Foster, Mathematician and composer: Music and AI
Dr. 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 Study This Brutal World HEAR TYLER FOSTER’S MUSIC https://soundcloud.com/tyler-foster SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox ORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASE Iridescent Notation LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samu...
17 Mar 2023 · 1 hr 15 min
Laurence Osborn, composer
Laurence 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, Mich...
23 Feb 2023 · 40 min
Robin Holloway, composer
Robin 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 PODCAST Patreon Donorbox ORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASE Iridescent Notation LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Post production: Arkadiusz Buchala Podcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss Support th...

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Samuel Andreyev talks with the performers and composers who are changing the music world today.

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Typical length: 1 hr 22 min
Latest episode: 7 Sep 2026
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