The Samuel Andreyev Podcast

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, archiva

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

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

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

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.

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

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 fo

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. == PRIV

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. 

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 ANALYS

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

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 S

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

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

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 SUPP

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 conv

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

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,

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 o

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 release