Podcast

The Samuel Andreyev Podcast

Arts, Music, Performing Arts

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

Episodes
91
Releases
Monthly
Typical length
1 hr 23 min
On air since
2019
Latest episode
1 week ago

Episodes

91 episodes, newest first

  1. Was modernism a mistake? October 2026 Q&A

    Show notes

    I answered questions from viewers. Recorded 21 October 2026.

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    18 min
  2. Lukas Ligeti: Ugandan Court Music Changed My Life!

    Show notes

    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:
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    https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lukas-ligeti-notebook

    Hear a livestream performance of Notebook
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    Private lessons in composition & analysis
    samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com

    Order my scores
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    2 hr 12 min
  3. Pierre d'Alancaisez: The Crisis in Contemporary Art

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    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 artists who included Turner Prize nominee Oreet Ashery and has commissioned works with artists such as Mirza and Butler which traveled to Artes Mundi and Sydney Biennale. Having trained in the sciences before coming to artistic practice, Pierre also worked on cultural exchange and engagement strategies in higher education and the charity sector and has held senior positions in publishing and financial services.

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    1 hr 55 min
  4. Zoot Horn Rollo: Why I Teach Online

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    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.

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    1 hr 23 min
  5. Anthony Etherin: From Punk Poet to Experimental Composer

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    Composer Samuel Andreyev and poet Anthony Etherin discuss Anthony’s work, transcending extreme literary constraints to produce exceptionally beautiful poems.

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    1 hr 39 min
  6. Jean Sibelius’ 7th Symphony: An Inscrutable Labyrinth

    Show notes

    Composer Samuel Andreyev presents an overview of Jean Sibelius’ most enigmatic symphonic creation.

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    21 min
  7. A History of the Musical Avant Garde, with James Ingram

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    Composers Samuel Andreyev and James Ingram discuss the tradition and history of avant garde notation in music.

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    1 hr 33 min
  8. Jonathan Castellino: The Art of Abandoned Places

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    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.

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    1 hr 2 min
  9. Christian Bök and the Xenotext

    Show notes

    Poet Christian Bök joins Samuel Andreyev for a discussion about his recently completed, death-defying, 25-year project, The Xenotext. Filmed February 6th, 2025.

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    1 hr 43 min
  10. Lola Salem: An Optimistic Vision for Music

    Show notes

    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.

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    1 hr 23 min
  11. Boulez at 100: Does He Still Matter?

    Show notes

    Composer Samuel Andreyev talks about Pierre Boulez, his influence, his public persona, and the state of his musical legacy.

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    33 min
  12. James Ingram: Life with Stockhausen

    Show notes

    James Ingram is a composer, music engraver and author. He lived and worked with Stockhausen for 28 years. Recorded December 3rd, 2024.

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    1 hr 10 min
  13. August 2024 Q&A

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    Samuel Andreye answers viewer’s questions. Recorded July 27, 2024.

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    38 min
  14. John Densmore: My Life with The Doors

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    Composer Samuel Andreyev interviews drummer, actor and author John Densmore of The Doors.

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    47 min
  15. Jean-François Spricigo: Art as a Way of Life

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    Composer Samuel Andreyev interviews Belgian photographer and multidisciplinary artist Jean-François Spricigo.

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    1 hr 17 min
  16. Answering Questions from Listeners

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    Samuel Andreyev answers viewer’s questions in this Q&A session.

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    32 min
  17. Curt Jaimungal: A Mathematical Physicist and Composer Walk into a Bar..

    Show notes

    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
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    1 hr 21 min
  18. Rafael Toral: Ambient Music and its History

    Show notes

    This conversation between composers Rafael Toral and Samuel Andreyev was conducted on 25 March 2024.

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    1 hr 26 min
  19. Jim O’Rourke & Samuel Andreyev: Round Two!

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    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.

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    2 hr 3 min
  20. Lola Salem: Opera Must Change, Or It Will Die!

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    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 Colleges. At Oriel College, Oxford, Lola is a Lecturer in Music and teaches the following papers: Foundations in the Study of Music, Musical Thought and Scholarship, Historically Informed Performance, Music and Nationalisms, The String Quartet Between Classicism & Modernism, 18th Century Opera. As a child and teenager, she sang and was professionally trained at the Maîtrise de Radio France (2005-2010). Later, she became an art critic for I/O Gazette between 2016 and 2020. Since 2022, she regularly publishes in The Critic, a UK magazine, and other media such as Arthwart and Engelsberg Ideas. She is also a Civic Future Fellow and a consultant in London on issues related to education, culture, and the arts.

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    1 hr 39 min

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