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/