Category: episodes

  • VT039 | Sivan Cohen Elias: conversations about puppetry

    One of Sivan Cohen Elias’ (Jerusalem, 1976) major interests must be sound puppetry. In Vortex Temporum episode number 39, this Israeli composer lets us listen to a conversation she has with her husband and collaborator, Rey Hulme, about this central matter of her own music. 📷 Ana Sladetić sivancohenelias.com credits:How to Make a Monster [2021],…

  • VT038 | Sara Stevanović: this podcast will be cancelled

    In episode 38 of Vortex Temporum podcast, Sara Stevanović (Belgrade, 1998) reflects on cancel culture based on Harry Lehmann’s ‘Ideologiemaschinen: Wie Cancel Culture funktioniert’.  📷 Max Niederer sarastevanovic.com credits:search: pink fingers fragile archives [2024]. live performance by Ensemble Recherche at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik festival 2024. 

  • VT037 | Jessie Cox: music not about music

    Swiss composer with roots in Trinidad and Tobago Jessie Cox (1995) reflects on what music can be beyond music. Isn’t it about existence after all ? 📷 Gaya Feldheim Schorr jessiecoxmusic.com credits: Invocation: Nebula, from When You’re a Star [UT007]

  • VT036 | Riccardo Nova: I bought my ticket

    Riccardo Nova (1960) gave us an interview to produce a Vortex Temporum podcast episode and he told us about his marvellous adventures as an innate traveller. Finally, the composer in him prevailed and he could not help but make us a beautiful piece of music.

  • VT035 | Zara Ali: culinary interlude

    Vortex Temporum podcast’s intermission finally comes to an end with Zara Ali’s cookbook. The young and promising North-American composer Zara Ali (Memphis, 1995) lets us get into her home and loud thoughts before discussing with her partner a couple of their families’ specialties. Can you smell it? 📷 Camilo Pachón / Stiftung Künstlerdof (detail) zaraali.de credits:Isolation Forest [2023]…

  • VT034 | Chiyoko Szlavnics: consciously listening to the world around

    The last Vortex Temporum episode of 2024 Spring introduces us to the delicate universe of Canadian composer Chiyoko Szlavnics (Toronto, 1967), who takes us on a brief journey through the mysteries of listening. chiyokoszlavnics.org credits:For Eva Hesse [2006] sinewaves – excerpts) // Oracle I & II (excerpts). Ensemble Contrechamps (dress rehearsal, at Bellelay Abbey, Switzerland).Field…

  • VT033 | Clara Maïda: artificial intelligence and artistic vigilance

    In this episode, French composer Clara Maïda (1963) shares “a few thoughts about some aspects of AI and about the conception of the Human psyche that lies in the background of this technology. Starting with a reflection on algorithmic systems and the excessive decision power given to AI, the podcast seems to have finally turned…

  • VT032 | Agata Zubel: emotionality of abstract language

    Polish composer and singer Agata Zubel (Wrocław, 1978) is the voice of Vortex Temporum’s 32th episode. She deals intimately with vocal sounds, both as singer and as a master composer of vocal music: reflecting on language, meaning and emotionality is a natural extension of her work. Have a listen and find out the world of…

  • VT031 | Anna Murray: lines and gestures

    In Vortex Temporum’s 31st episode, Tokyo based Irish composer Anna Murray (1987) shares some thoughts on music and the influence of Japanese culture in her work. annamurraymusic.com credits:Rndr 12 (Paths) | Anna Murray > electronics // Azuma-asobi (versions 1&2) | Anna Murray > piano // LIT | Michelle O’Rourke > voice // Both Beaming and…

  • VT030 | Sofia Avramidou: what do I want to hear?

    Sofia Avramidou (1988) reflects on both the creative process and her roots as a Greek musician. 📷 Caroline Doutre credits:What can that be but my apple-tree? [2023], for string quartet | 2e2m string quartet // Géranomachie [2021], for large ensemble and electronics | Ensemble Intercontemporain // A hug to die [2023], for ensemble | Ensemble Intercontemporain