samuel johnstone

Chinese tech giant Huawei recently announced its latest smartphone had composed a completion of Franz Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony No. 8. But away from PR stunts, new technological developments are making a real impact on the way we interact with classical music. Published in Askonas Holt, The Green Room Magazine

In 2019, Karsten Witt Musik Management celebrated its 15th anniversary. In celebration, it produced a special anniversary magazine featuring interviews with the company’s artists, directors and content from guest authors including Eleonore Bühning and Patrick Hahn. The English-language version, which I edited, is available to read online.

The history of Berlin Atonal provides a vivid snapshot of the capital’s progressive musical culture. Published on The Cusp.

Barrie Kosky's landmark production at the opening of the 2017 Bayreuth Festival is a surreal fantasy in which Wagner plays a starring role.

The curators of a new exhibition on Julius Eastman, a recently rediscovered composer from the New York experimental scene in the 1970s and 80s, think he was far more than a political provocateur. Published on The Cusp.

‘We refuse to accept a fascist America.’ A recent celebration of electronic Mexican music was politically pointed. Published on The Cusp.

Daniel Barenboim inaugurated last month the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. The most interesting feature of the hall lies not in its flowing architecture, but rather in its name: the Pierre Boulez Saal. One year after the French composer's death, what is his legacy? Published on Bachtrack.

The composer and artist Claudia Molitor challenges the idea of music and how we engage with it. Her work uses sound to explore locations and physical objects. Published on The Cusp.