Premiered at hcmf// 2020, you can now listen back to the Riot Ensemble’s podcast. curated and produced by artistic director Aaron Holloway-Nahum.
This hour-long survey of contemporary music looks back on the ensemble’s enduring collaborative relationship with hcmf//, as exemplified in this year’s Zeitgeist Commissions. Holloway-Nahum traces half a decade of festival events, tracing his ensemble’s journey from 2015 to now. With insights on what it’s like to put together music programmes and feed into your music community, he provides a fascinating look at the modern role of a music group, and the responsibility of handling a new artist’s work, bringing in testimonials from the music groups and composers of today.
Listen below: