🔥🔥 we've got some VERY exciting news for you, dropping next week 👀 are you in the loop? 💫 drop us a follow or sign up to our mailing list 💌 eepurl.com/iiqyMP 📸 Blasio Kavuma, photo by Kit McCarthy

Welsh-Australian composer Niamh J O'Donnell constructs attention-grabbing & absorbing soundscapes, inspired by literature, artwork, moving picture, and landscapes. Niamh was one of the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Young Composers, composing ‘LoveHate:Reminiscence’... prxludes.net/2025/08/18/n...

🎤 we are MEGA excited for the London premiere of Sam Buttler's 'Who Has Seen' - being performed by The Carice Singers at Spitalfields Festival this Friday 3rd ⚡ are you around? who are we seeing there? 👀 read more about Sam on PRXLUDES: prxludes.net/2024/04/15/s...

Angela Elizabeth Slater's compositional voice focuses on mapping aspects of the natural world into the fabric of music. Angela’s compositions have been performed by various prestigious ensembles and festivals; she was a Royal Philharmonic Society composer of 2021-22... prxludes.net/2025/05/19/a...

⚡ y'all know we've interviewed over 150 composers? learn about them - including Joanna Ward, whose incredibly exciting premiere with CoMA London and Terra Invisus takes place this July 7th 👀 check out our interview with Joanna: prxludes.net/2024/11/18/j...

Los Angeles-born, London-based composer and pianist Paloma León creates complex, memory-based works that both honour and subvert the rigour of her classical training. Drawing from pop, hip-hop, and cinematic sound worlds... prxludes.net/2026/06/15/p...

Based in the South-West of England, composer and writer Leoni King creates soundscapes that evoke nostalgia, lost memories, and imagined futures, foregrounding her relationship with landscapes... prxludes.net/2026/06/15/l...

💖 A huge THANK YOU to our good friends at DEBUT Classical - who spoke with our artistic director Zygmund de Somogyi about our live series PRX.LIVE with Standard Issue and Stomping Ground 🔥 Want to read more? Check it out here: debut.org.uk/blog/2026/3/...

Composer, sound artist and flautist Imogen Davey's multifaceted practice explores the relationship between acoustic and electronic media, influenced by visual material, glitch, layering, and field-recording collection... prxludes.net/2026/06/15/i...

Described as "beguiling" and "exquisite", the music of composer Alice Beckwith foregrounds the lyrical and the contemporary, with an emphasis on storytelling and a melodic sound firmly rooted in the British Isles... prxludes.net/2026/06/15/a...

🗞️ heeey there - you know we just published our June 2026 issue of PRXLUDES ⁉️ head over to our website 🌐 and read four new interviews with some of today's most cutting-edge composers 💫 check it all out: prxludes.net

‼️ NEW PRXLUDES - OUT NOW ‼️ happy June, friends 💫 we're so stoked to bring you four exciting interviews featuring some of today's most exciting composers - check it all out now on PRXLUDES ➡️ prxludes.net

⚡ NEW PRXLUDES - DROPS MONDAY 15 JUNE ‼️ we're super excited to be sharing new interviews and articles celebrating some of today's most cutting-edge composers 💫 dropping this Monday 15 👀 sign up to our mailing list and be the first to know 💌 link in bio

🔥 A short clip from Blasio Kavuma's electrifying piece 'Soundclash', performed at our PRX.LIVE launch party at Folklore, Hoxton, back in February ⚡ Like what you hear? Full recording now available on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKtC...

"When we think of composers we admire, they are people who are devoted to what it is they like and who they are — that devotion is always seen and heard." prxludes.net/2026/05/18/m...

🕊️ A beautiful, intimate moment from Aileen Sweeney's 'The Wooden Web', performed at our PRX.LIVE launch party at Folklore, Hoxton, last February 💫 Interested? Check out the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrzf...

Oral history, cartography, and ecomusicology permeate the artistic practice of Manchester-based composer and sound artist Joy Ingle. Joy's recent work has included commissions for artist Ilona Skladzien, ensemble Terra Invisus, and Delia Derbyshire Day in 2023... prxludes.net/2025/07/21/j...

"When I write for myself, I tend to write very improvisatory music that is very free. I know how different organs can sound; and I want the freedom to choose different stops, to explore things while I am playing... make it a dialogue between me, the organ and the space." prxludes.net/2026/05/18/a...

London-based composer Laila Arafah's beguiling music invites a unique and intensive kind of listening: foregrounding sonic objects that are hazy, unstable, disorienting, vulnerable, and liminal... prxludes.net/2025/03/17/l...

"I like the phrase 'nothing new can be made'... Everything that we ever thought of, everything we ever did, has already [been] done — but I think of it more in a beautiful way. So many generations were doing, thinking, worrying about the same things that we are." prxludes.net/2026/05/18/s...

The work of British composer Vivek Haria is intertwined with heritage and personal experiences, drawing from Hindustani classical music, Jain devotional chant, and a deep connection to choral music... prxludes.net/2026/01/19/v...

❤️‍🔥 A short excerpt from Holly Gowland's ferocious viola & electronics work 'Skew', performed by Sara Ramírez at our PRX.LIVE launch party in February ⚡ Want more? Check out the full recording here ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHtm...

⚡ Read about over 150 of today's most exciting composers - including our first "5 for 5" Commissioned Composer @millicentjames_ - all freely available in PRXLUDES' interview archives 🔥 What are you waiting for? Spend your Friday afternoon with us and make some new discoveries: prxludes.net

Award-winning composer and bandleader Olivia Murphy’s debut orchestral album is, in her words, “all about transformation”. Since 2022, Olivia has run the Olivia Murphy Jazz Orchestra (OMJO), who have established themselves as one of the UK’s leading jazz orchestras... prxludes.net/2026/05/18/o...

💫 An excerpt from Rylan Gleave's mesmerising work 'Heartstrings', performed by Standard Issue at our PRX.LIVE launch party in February 🌠 Like what you hear? Watch the full video on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql0b...

The music of Ukrainian composer and performer Sonia Lozina blends folklore, cultural heritage, myths, memory, and rebellion, all informed by her myriad experience in theatre and pop performance... prxludes.net/2026/05/18/s...

🌇 Happy bank holiday, friends ✨ We're so excited to share that our first "5 for 5" commission, 'Snow Sprites' - composed by the incredible @millicentjames_ - is now available to watch on our YouTube channel ⚡ Interested? Watch the full thing ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO6v...

The entrancing work of German-born, London-based composer and organist Anian Wiedner concerns explorations of physical, temoral, and harmonic space. Anian has written for a diversity of ensembles including EXAUDI, Plus-Minus Ensemble, ORA Singers, and Fidelio Trio... prxludes.net/2026/05/18/a...

From our friends at .abeceda and Tempo New Music: FACT FICTION - an interdisciplinary research and development programme for composers, performers, scholars and practitioners seeking to develop original research through artistic practice within an international context... fact-fiction-research.com

Shapeshifting ensemble Manchester Collective are renowned for their imaginative programming, daring collaborations, and engaging performances. The Collective won the RPS Ensemble Award in 2023, and are current Artists-in-Residence at the Southbank Centre... prxludes.net/2026/05/18/m...

🗞️ have you checked out our latest issue of PRXLUDES ⁉️ Four new interviews and articles featuring some of today's most exciting composers ⚡ go have a read now: prxludes.net

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‼️ CALLING ALL FANS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ‼️ We're dropping our May 2026 issue of PRXLUDES this Monday ⚡ featuring new interviews and articles celebrating some of today's most exciting composers 🔥 Want to be the first to know? Sign up to our mailing list 💌 eepurl.com/iiqyMP

"The ensemble are essentially scored as a cinema orchestra; they’re playing a changing tempo structure, moving between these short movements. The short movements are in a way different temporal leaps between imagined film histories…" prxludes.net/2026/04/20/l...

"Every few days, a language goes extinct; it’s part of a wider problem of homogenisation of language and culture. This is the nasty side of globalisation — erasing minority languages, minority cultures — and it’s extremely unhealthy for us to lose that diversity." prxludes.net/2026/04/20/l...

"I work a lot with transcriptions of recordings, and create a patch where I can improvise with that transcription; that generates pitch and rhythmic material. That’s all recorded, and goes out to the valves that control the clarinets." prxludes.net/2026/04/20/l...

"When I was scoring for everyone, I was really thinking about the physical implications: when they’re making a sound, how do they look? The dancer joins in the sound world at certain points too, so the roles all blur — I didn’t want the separation of the two worlds." prxludes.net/2026/04/20/l...

⚡ Did you know? You can read about over 150 of today's most cutting-edge composers - FOR FREE - in our interview archives ‼️ Come and spend your Friday with us exploring some of contemporary music's most exciting new voices - you know you want to... 👀 📸 Darius Paymai prxludes.net/2024/06/17/d...

ICYMI: have you checked out our recent interview with Glasgow-based composer Ollie Hawker? Check it all out on PRXLUDES: prxludes.net/2026/04/20/o...

Award-winning composer, pianist, and bandleader Claire Cope has had a busy year. On 7 May, Claire's latest work for large ensemble will premiere at Royal Festival Hall, London, as part of the Philharmonia Composers Academy 2026... prxludes.net/2026/01/19/c...

⚡ From our Multi-Year Partners at The Hinrichsen Foundation: In a major show of support for contemporary and experimental music, The Living Music Trust has received an Arts Council England grant of over £10,000 to continue its development... www.hinrichsenfoundation.org.uk/the-living-m...

A huge congratulations to Amy Crankshaw, who has been awarded an LSO commission following the 2025-26 Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers scheme alongside Kit McCarthy! 💫 Learn more about Amy in our interview on PRXLUDES ⚡ prxludes.net/2026/03/23/a...

Eleanor Cully Boehringer's artistic practice encompasses composition, performance, curation and installation. Her work draws from poetic text, fragments of song, imitation and imagined sound; repetition, memory, and places/contexts amplified in dialogue with sound... prxludes.net/2026/04/20/e...

Luis Fernando Amaya is a Mexican-born composer currently based in Oslo, Norway. Luis’ album 'nacen en silencio' was featured as Best Contemporary Classical on Bandcamp... prxludes.net/2026/04/20/l...

We're absolutely thrilled for Laila Arafah's BBC commission for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra next year ‼️🔥 Are you hyped? 👀 Read our interview with Laila and learn more about her practice: prxludes.net/2025/03/17/l...

Glasgow-based composer Ollie Hawker's recent work combines a sonic arts training in texture and timbre with a love of simple harmony and stillness, striving for a clarity that is both fragile and touching... prxludes.net/2026/04/20/o...

🔥 Have you enjoyed our latest issue of PRXLUDES? 🔥 Not checked it out yet? Come and learn about some of today's most exciting composers 👀 ‼️ prxludes.net

Eleanor Cully Boehringer is an artist and composer with a diverse artistic practice. Eleanor’s work draws from poetic text, fragments of song, imitation and imagined sound, exploring repetition, memory, space, and places and contexts amplified in dialogue with sound... prxludes.net/2026/04/20/e...

Mexican-born composer Luis Fernando Amaya's music explores topics including collective memory and the relationships between human and non-human agents (plants, animals, or environments)... prxludes.net/2026/04/20/l...

We're so grateful to have been able to chat with the LSO's Soundhub composers - Connie Harris, Cameron Graham, Sam Longbottom, and Xenia Pestova Bennett - about their upcoming premieres for tonight's Soundhub showcase at LSO St. Luke's 🔥 Have a read now on PRXLUDES: prxludes.net/2026/04/20/l...