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 BellJudith Dodsworth, conductorDe joye interdict, by Jonathan BellEnsemble De CaelisLaurence Brisset, conductor**ORDER MY NEW CDIridescent NotationSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSSpoken introduction: Maya RasmussenPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the Show.