In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to gestural performance artist Winnie Huang about embodied performance, calling oneself a composer and how in giving we receive.

Winnie's performance will be broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 23 April 2021.

eavesdropping conversation 14: winnie huang

eavesdropping conversation 14: winnie huang (2021)

In which special guest Jennie Gottschalk* talks to eavesdropping founder Juliet Fraser about what drove her to create eavesdropping, what drives her to keep it going and how this tiny venture intersects with her practice as a singer. 

Juliet's performance will be broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 20 April. 

*Jennie Gottschalk is a composer of and writer on experimental music, a researcher of beans and an eavesdropping alumnus, having presented in the first season's symposium.

eavesdropping conversation 19: juliet fraser

eavesdropping conversation 19: juliet fraser (2021)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Christine Abdelnour about sound as a plastic material, the defiance and precarity of being a musician and the importance of talking about music. 

References: improvisors Peter Brötzmann, John Butcher and Keith Jarrett, electro-acoustic composers Éliane Radigue and Alvin Lucier, artist Sarah Lucas, and record labels ECM and FMP.

Chris will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Friday 31 March 2023.

Our new jingle is by Isa Otoya.

eavesdropping conversation 25: christine abdelnour

eavesdropping conversation 25: christine abdelnour (2023)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Letty Stott about being a really curious horn player, the inherent rebelliousness of being a musician and the recent discovery of a Roman mouthpiece on Hadrian's Wall. 

References: Dr Peter Holmes (The Horns and Trumpets of the European Iron Age), John Kenny, her project Gender and the Large and Shiny Instruments, and ancient horns including the carnix, the salpinx, the cornu, the sambec and the lituus.

Letty will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Friday 31 March 2023.

Our new jingle is by Isa Otoya.

eavesdropping conversation 27: letty stott

eavesdropping conversation 27: letty stott (2023)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Isa Otoya about being a rebel, multidisciplinarity as a feedback loop and the power of positivity. 

References: RETAMA Collective

Isa composed our new jingle and RETAMA will present an online provocation as part of this year's festival forum on 2 April 2023.

eavesdropping conversation 29: isa otoya

eavesdropping conversation 29: isa otoya (2023)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Eliza McCarthy about mindful choices, defining weirdness, the sheer impossibility of failure and the adventure of commissioning new music.

References: Donnacha Dennehy, Harry Styles, Gabriella Smith, Linda Catlin Smith, Tonia Ko, Cassandra Miller. 

Eliza will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Thursday 21 March 2024: https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/eavesdropping-festival-2024/

eavesdropping conversation 30: eliza mccarthy

eavesdropping conversation 30: eliza mccarthy (2024)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Ellie Wilson about her chance encounter with a violin at school, finding her own soundworld, exploring layers of history, and moths.

References: André Previn conducting and narrating Benjamin Britten's 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', Stephen Hough playing Grieg's piano concerto, All Tomorrow's Parties, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ellie's albums 'Echoes: Unearthing Stories of the Forest' (2019) about Epping Forest and 'Memory Islands' (2023), NMC Recordings, composers Linda Buckley and Donnacha Dennehy, and Oxford Contemporary Music's BOOM scheme.

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

eavesdropping conversation 32: ellie wilson

eavesdropping conversation 32: ellie wilson (2024)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Anna Dennis about the spectrum of creative input, the potency and potential experimentalism of opera, and its wigs.

References: composer Elena Langer, Almeida Theatre, Futurism, Dada, Barbara Strozzi & Hildegard of Bingen.

Anna will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Saturday 23 March 2024: https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/eavesdropping-festival-2024/

eavesdropping conversation 34: anna dennis

eavesdropping conversation 34: anna dennis (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/

eavesdropping conversation 36: dafne vicente-sandoval

eavesdropping conversation 36: dafne vicente-sandoval (2024)

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/

eavesdropping conversation 37: sandra kazlauskaitė

eavesdropping conversation 37: sandra kazlauskaitė (2024)

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/

eavesdropping conversation 38: madison greenstone

eavesdropping conversation 38: madison greenstone (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/

eavesdropping conversation 39: stephanie lamprea

eavesdropping conversation 39: stephanie lamprea (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/

eavesdropping conversation 40: rachel musson

eavesdropping conversation 40: rachel musson (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/

eavesdropping conversation 42: hyelim kim

eavesdropping conversation 42: hyelim kim (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/

eavesdropping conversation 41: aya metwalli

eavesdropping conversation 41: aya metwalli (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/

eavesdropping conversation 43: sarah saviet

eavesdropping conversation 43: sarah saviet (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/

eavesdropping conversation 44: isidora edwards

eavesdropping conversation 44: isidora edwards (2025)

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/

eavesdropping conversation 45: anna zaradny

eavesdropping conversation 45: anna zaradny (2025)

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Canadian violinist Mira Benjamin about her music-making, her current work, recent collaborations and the state of new music.

eavesdropping conversations

eavesdropping conversation 01: mira benjamin

eavesdropping conversation 01: mira benjamin (2017)

Live recording of Agostino Di Scipio's 'Audible Ecosystemics No. 3b' (for voice and live electronics)performed at eavesdropping on 16 March 2018.

Agostino Di Scipio 'Audible Ecosystemics No. 3b'

Live recording of a performance by Heather Roche at eavesdropping on 16 March 2018.

Eleanor Cully new work

Live recording of a performance by Sophie Fetokaki at eavesdropping on 24 January 2020.

Recorded for eavesdropping by John Croft.

Come all ye fair and tender ladies (Appalachian ballad)

Live recording of a performance by Jennifer Walshe at eavesdropping on 24 January 2020.

Recorded for eavesdropping by John Croft.

Jennifer Walshe 'Nature is a Machine'

Live recording of a performance by Raghad Haddad (viola) and Hanen Kiwan (percussion) at eavesdropping on 21 February 2020.

'Ala Moj Elbahr' (Sea Waves) is an ancient Syrian song.

Recorded for eavesdropping by John Croft.

Raghad Haddad 'Ala Moj Elbahr'

Live recording of a performance by Raghad Haddad (viola) and Hanen Kiwan (percussion) at eavesdropping on 21 February 2020.

'Samaee Saba' uses the saba scale.

Recorded for eavesdropping by John Croft.

Raghad Haddad 'Samaee Saba'

Live recording of a performance by Raghad Haddad (viola) and Hanen Kiwan (percussion) at eavesdropping on 21 February 2020.

This begins with an improvisation on the bayat makam scale, and moves into 'Saalouni elnas', a song by the Lebanese singer Fairuz.

Recorded for eavesdropping by John Croft.

Raghad Haddad 'Saalouni elnas'

Live recording of a performance by Raghad Haddad (viola) and Hanen Kiwan (percussion) at eavesdropping on 21 February 2020.

This begins with an improvisation on the nahawand makam scale, and moves into 'Lama Bada Yatathana'. 

Recorded for eavesdropping by John Croft.

Raghad Haddad 'Lama Bada Yatathana'

Live recording of a performance by Eva Zöllner (accordion) at eavesdropping on 24 January 2020.

Recorded for eavesdropping by John Croft.

Sarah Nemtsov 'SKOP'

Milica Djordjević 'one would think: stars'

Georgina Derbez 'Symphonia'

Farzia Fallah 'In Sechs Richtungen'

Live recording of a performance by Raghad Haddad (viola) and Hanen Kiwan (percussion) at eavesdropping on 21 February 2020.

Recorded for eavesdropping by John Croft.

Raghad Haddad 'Longa Riad'

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