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

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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

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EPISODE CREDITS
Spoken introduction: Maya Rasmussen
Podcast artwork photograph 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss


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