Jonathan Bell: From Ars Subtilior to Artificial Intelligence

The music of Franco-British composer Jonathan Bell is influenced by Franco-Flemish polyphony, American minimalism (Morton Feldman), and spectral music. He graduated from the Paris Conservatoire with 4 prizes, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Doctorate in Musical Composition). Since 2007, he has collaborated intensely with the vocal ensemble De Caelis, which produces his music in numerous festivals (Île-de-France, European church music festival…), France Musique, and in collaboration with other ensembles (Links ensemble, choirs of several cathedrals). In Germany, he has received commissions from the Zafraan ensemble (Berlin) and SKAM (Stuttgart). In 2014-16, he followed a two-year IRCAM residency, where he developed the SmartVox web application, dedicated to the interpretation of computer-assisted speech polyphony. Since September 2017 he has been a lecturer in music at Aix-Marseille University and researcher at PRISM-lab-CNRS. In 2018, he was named a resident at the Casa de Velasquez/Membre de l’académie de France à Madrid; His music is played and presented in computer music symposiums ICMC (New-York), NIME (Porto Allegre), SMC and Tenor (Melbourne). Jonathan Bell's website ** MUSICAL EXCERPTS (in order): Fumeux Fume par Fumée, by Solange (14th century) Ensemble P.A.N. Common Ground, by Jonathan Bell Judith Dodsworth, conductor De joye interdict, by Jonathan Bell Ensemble De Caelis Laurence Brisset, conductor ** ORDER MY NEW CD Iridescent Notation SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Patreon Donorbox LINKS YouTube channel Official Website Twitter Instagram Edition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Spoken introduction: Maya Rasmussen Podcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss Support the show