eavesdropping conversations

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/

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/

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/