In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Anna Zaradny about finding inspiration in the grey times of censorship, the paradox of deficit, and the magic and responsibility of intuition.

References: Musica Genera festival and record label, co-founded with Robert Piotrowicz, conducting the 'Dies Irae' from Verdi's Requiem (!), DDR (GDR in English), MTV, Bronski Beat, Monty Python, and her pieces 'Carbonado as a hex' and 'The Sound of A Distanced Body'.

Anna will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Friday 28 March 2025: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/festival-2025/

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Isidora Edwards about the human-like quality of sound, how we can reassess our notions of time, and the improvisatory qualities of research.

References: city of Rancagua (Chile), ACÉFALO festival, improvisers Marcio Mattos and Marilza Gouvêa, mopomoso series, London Improvisers Orchestra, John Russell, composers Éliane Radigue and her notion of infinitesimal sound, Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire.

Isidora will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Saturday 29 March 2025: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/festival-2025/

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Sarah Saviet about the value of curiosity and confusion, the vulnerability of co-writing music and the steadfast companionship of magical hairy pigs.

References: teacher Rebecca Henry, Webern 'Vier Stücke', duo with Joseph Houston, ensemble mosaik, works by Arne Gieshoff, Liza Streich, Liza Lim, Lawrence Dunn & Evan Johnson on her disc SPUN, Feldman's 'For John Cage', Riot Ensemble who commissioned a piece by Soosan Lolavar and all that dust.

Sarah will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Thursday 27 March 2025: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/festival-2025/

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Hyelim Kim about the role of nature in traditional Korean music, cutting her first bamboo flute and finding the groove.

References: her monograph 'Tradition and Creativity in Korean Taegŭm [or daegeum] Flute Performance’ published by Routledge in 2021 and recent album 'Songs of the Forest Calm' with Danish jazz instrumentalists Kasper Staub and Torben Westergaard.

Hyelim will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Sunday 30 March 2025: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/festival-2025/

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Aya Metwalli about Cairo's soundscape, feline metamorphosis, the joy of listening from the outside and the magnetism of a good performance.

References: John Cage, György Ligeti, Diamanda Galás, John Coltrane, Merzbow and Throbbing Gristle. I can recommend Aya's album 'Al Saher' with Calamita.

Aya will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Thursday 27 March 2025: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/festival-2025/

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Rachel Musson about the hazy space between composition and improvisation, the magic of a flow state and imagining an industry that can sustain musicians.

References: jazz course at Porthcawl (South Wales) with Tony Oxley, Norma Winstone, John Taylor, Steve Argüelles, sound artist Jobina Tinnemans, composer Tony Dudley-Evans, Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists, bassist Olie Brice and Bridgend Music Service (petition now closed but viewable here: https://democratic.bridgend.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=26&RPID=0&HPID=0).

Rachel will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Saturday 29 March 2025: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/festival-2025/

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to soprano Stephanie Lamprea about recontextualising the 'operatic' voice, technique as a set of muscles, and the joy of going to shows.

References: Colombian dance styles cumbia, bachata and salsa, Georges Aperghis 'Récitations', composer Amble Skuse, MiMU gloves, misophonia (selective sound sensitivity syndrome), The Old Hairdresser's in Glasgow, actress & BSL performer Yuki Neoh, BSL interpreter Megan McArthur, Keepers of Sound residency run by Anne Kjær, composers Erin Thomson & Lisa Robertson.

Transcription available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l6u43NzveSwcT1TcpzYW7JxqOUUuy-a7/view?usp=sharing

Stephanie will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Friday 28 March 2025: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/festival-2025/

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Madison Greenstone about exstatic resonances, UPPER CASE music and the importance of live performance.

References: Raymond Scott, Don Byron, Esquivel!, Éliane Radigue, Luigi Nono's term 'il suono mobile', TAK Ensemble and their festival SWOONFEST, the 2023 iteration of which featured anarchist punk band Sour Spirit, composers Michelle Lou & Natacha Diels and the trio gabby fluke-mogul, Tcheser Holmes & Mara Rosenbloom.

Madison will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Sunday 30 March 2025: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/festival-2025/

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Sandra Kazlauskaitė about tactile memories of sound, how we listen and what we listen for, and how we can shape new futures from hidden pasts.

References: Extra Sonic Practice research group, Sounding Borders project, SISU collective, GUYZ, DJ Bleed, Jurango, Livity Sound, TraTraTrax, Astrid Sonne and Enya.

Sandra will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Friday 22 March 2024: https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/eavesdropping-festival-2024/

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Dafne Vicente-Sandoval about repetition and transformation, volatility, and the boundaries between a private and a public practice.

References: composers Éliane Radigue, Phill Niblock & Jakob Ullmann, and her recent release exploring feedback, 'Minos Circuit'.

Dafne will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Sunday 24 March 2024: https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/eavesdropping-festival-2024/