Musicians Speak with Joseph Celli
Musicians Speak with Joseph Celli
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Musicians Speak, presented by internationally recognized composer, performer, and radio host Joseph Celli, is a podcast that presents illuminating interviews with new music creators across all genres. The show features a range of artists, from the deeply influential experimental musician and filmmaker Phil Niblock, to Wu Man, the world’s premier pipa virtuoso. Musicians Speak hopes to broaden its listeners' sonic horizons and delve deep into its subjects' work.
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The podcast explores a wide range of topics related to new music, featuring episodes with artists like Wu Man discussing the ancient pipa tradition and the new pipa concerto by Du Yun, and Sylvie Courvoisier sharing insights about her artistic journey from Switzerland to Brooklyn, focusing on experimental music and cross-genre collaborations.

Musicians Speak, presented by internationally recognized composer, performer, and radio host Joseph Celli, is a podcast that presents illuminating interviews with new music creators across all genres. The show features a range of artists, from the deeply influential experimental musician and filmmaker Phil Niblock, to Wu Man, the world’s premier pipa virtuoso. Musicians Speak hopes to broaden its listeners’ sonic horizons and delve deep into its subjects’ work.
Phill Niblock, the groundbreaking composer of minimalist and experimental music, joins Musicians Speak for the second half of his interview, recorded in 2020.
The New York Times wrote, “His work has influenced Brian Eno and other musicians associated with the rock world… Pitches scrape against other pitches like a speeding automobile sideswiping a row of parked cars. Sum and difference tones pile up until they sound like an orchestra of strings or an immense chorus of voices. So much is going on that one finds oneself listening first to one level of detail, then to another, and only gradually learning to hear everything at once.” In Part 2 we also listen to two of his compositions, spanning forty years.

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