eavesdropping conversations

Juliet Fraser for eavesdropping.london

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eavesdropping is a platform for the sharing of new music and new ways of thinking about music. Our activity includes a festival, a forum, a podcast, and artist development opportunities. In our podcast, eavesdropping conversations, Juliet Fraser chats to the artists featured in the festival.

13 mars

eavesdropping conversation 53: rie nakajima (2026)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Rie Nakajima about trying to make sculpture, trying to be a human being and never mastering the spirit of objects. References: O YAMA O (Rie's duo with Keiko Yamamoto), vital materialism, Beaux-arts de Paris and Cafe OTO. Recommended listening: Rie's album with David Toop, 'Is Spring a Sculpture', released 2025 on Room 40. https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/is-spring-a-sculpture Rie will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Sunday 22 March 2026: www.eavesdropping.london/activity/2026/

22 min
6 mars

eavesdropping conversation 52: siwan rhys (2026)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Siwan Rhys about her best laid plans to become a Welsh scholar, the teachers that changed everything, and the wonderful wide web that is contemporary classical music. References: GBSR duo, Explore Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Riot Ensemble, Colin Currie Group, Ensemble intercontemporain, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, composers Bartók, Ligeti, Adès, Charles Ives and his Concord Sonata (Piano Sonata No. 2), Marco Stroppa, Catherine Lamb, commissioning Oliver Leith, Angharad Davies, Beatrice Dillon and Sarah Davachi for GBSR, and solo repertoire by Lara Agar, Barbara Monk Feldman and Galina Ustvolskaya. Recommended listening: Morton Feldman box set on Another Timbre https://www.anothertimbre.com/products/morton-feldman-trios-box-set Siwan will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Saturday 21 March 2026: www.eavesdropping.london/activity/2026/

25 min
27 feb.

eavesdropping conversation 51: lucy humphris (2026)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Lucy Humphris about asking the wrong questions, the importance of keeping a sense of play and the danger of underestimating our audiences. References: Ensemble Musikfabrik, Bethan Morgan-Williams, Claire Cope, Nneka Cummins, Louise Drewett and Kirsten Milenko. Recommended listening: Obscurus, with pianist Harry Rylance, released 2023 on Rubicon. Lucy will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Friday 20 March 2026: www.eavesdropping.london/activity/2026/

26 min
20 feb.

eavesdropping conversation 50: nathalie forget (2026)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Nathalie Forget about being everywhere and nowhere with this hypersensitive instrument, and the importance of taking time to experiment with composers. References: teachers Tristan and Michèle Foison, Pascale Rousse-Lacordaire and then Valérie Hartmann-Claverie at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris, artist Joseph Beuys, Maurice Martenot, Pascale Criton, Olivier Messiaen, Radiohead and Jacques Brel, Ana-Maria Avram and Iancu Dumitrescu. Recommended listening: from album 'Echosplitter' (2023) https://antemanha.bandcamp.com/track/hinein-in-die-nacht-ondes Nathalie will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Thursday 19 March 2026: www.eavesdropping.london/activity/2026/

22 min
13 feb.

eavesdropping conversations 49: zosha warpeha (2026)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Zosha Warpeha about falling in love with the Hardanger d'amore and finding there a sense of space, about learning and forgetting tunes, and using intonation as an entryway into new worlds. References: Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Cristina Seaborn, Bobby Vee, Salve Håkedal, Dan Trueman, Eyvind Kang's album 'Riparian', Zosha's new album, 'I grow accustomed to the dark', recorded during a residency at ISSUE Project Room and released on Outside Time. Recommended listening: Zosha's album 'silver dawn', released in 2024 on Relative Pitch Records. And the new album drops on 27 March: https://zosha.bandcamp.com/ Zosha will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Sunday 22 March 2026: www.eavesdropping.london/activity/2026/

26 min
6 feb.

eavesdropping conversation 48: émilie škrijelj (2026)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Émilie Škrijelj about practising the sport of the accordion, working with a (con)fusion of timbre, and the political dimension of touring. References: Lores Binot, her trio BRUINE, percussionist Tom Malmendier, poet/rapper Mike Ladd, turntablist Otomo Yoshihide, clarinettist Michael Thieke and improviser Phil Durrant. Recommended listening: https://euxsaem.bandcamp.com/album/bruine Émilie will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Saturday 21 March 2026: www.eavesdropping.london/activity/2026/

25 min
30 jan.

eavesdropping conversation 47: jennifer torrence (2026)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Jennifer Torrence about "etc." as a window of possibility, being happy in the creative fog and memories of Enya blasting in the bathroom. References: Enya, Cats (the musical), Garth Brooks, Madonna, Paula Abdul, Boyz II Men on tape, composer Francois Sarhan (and Juliet mentions composers Kristine Tjøgersen, Clara Iannotta, Jessie Marino), the Berlin Philharmonic (hearing Daniel Barenboim conducting Beethoven's 7th Symphony and Vasily Petrenko conducting Stravinsky's Petrushka), bell hooks, and Inga Margrete Aas. Recommended listening: https://youtu.be/LKQIjP7tzKs Jen will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Friday 20 March 2026: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/2026/

24 min
23 jan.

eavesdropping conversation 46: audrey chen (2026)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Audrey Chen about the voice as a filter for life, the existential question of finding a way to her own elemental language, and courage vs survival. References: Suzanne Fiol at ISSUE Project Room in NYC, her band Mopcut, and collaborators Phil Minton, Nick Klein, Hugo Esquinca and trombonist Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø. Suggested listening: Runt Vigor, released 2018 on Karl Records. Audrey will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Thursday 19 March 2026: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/2026/

24 min

eavesdropping is a platform for the sharing of new music and new ways of thinking about music. Our activity includes a festival, a forum, a podcast, and artist development opportunities. In our podcast, eavesdropping conversations, Juliet Fraser chats to the artists featured in the festival.

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Juliet Fraser for eavesdropping.london
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