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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 21h

Super excited for Eternal Series, curated by Sasha Elina, to return in November - at The Swiss Church, London on 15/11 ✨

Learn about Sasha and her curatorial ethos for Eternal Series on PRXLUDES:
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 2d

💫 Have you checked out our interview with composer Maile Pacumio? Out now on our latest issue of PRXLUDES - have a read now:
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 6d

✨ Learn about composer and conductor Luka Venter's stunning orchestral work 'Glacier', commissioned and performed by NZSO National Youth Orchestra, in our latest issue of PRXLUDES - read the interview now:
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 7d

"You know, last week, I walked out of Lucia di Lammermoor halfway... Obviously, I love music theatre and opera; but I was worried about experiences like that, where I’m going to be thrust into a situation where that’s 'the' standard, and I’m expected to connect to that?"
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 8d

⚡ Have you checked out our recent interview with Manchester-based composer Gloria Xia - out now in our latest issue of PRXLUDES? Have a read here:
prxludes.net/2025/09/15/g...

PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 9d

An opportunity from our friends: apply to EMPOWER's OpusHER Award - a commissioning award for emerging women composers, supported by ABRSM 🌻

Deadline is 19 October 2025 - apply here:
www.empowerwomenchangingmusic.com/opus-her

PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 12d

"I think I get easily overwhelmed. I like to focus when I’m listening. I like music which allows me to focus on it, and isn’t telling me how to listen to it; more offers something that you may engage with. I find that a really interesting stance."
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 13d

"There were things said to me that I thought had only been said to me, but the exact same things were being said by the exact same teachers to several people. I had been treated like I was this angry, outspoken person — actually, I don’t think we’re angry enough."
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 14d

💫 Maile Pacumio is a Filipino-Thai composer currently based in California working across concert music, film, and video games. Maile’s music explores themes of representation, identity, love, and lived experience through musical storytelling...
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 15d

"I quite like when you can’t necessarily hear what the original sound source was. Sometimes it’s arbitrary, sometimes it’s really meaningful; but you might not necessarily have any idea what it was, and that’s fine."
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 16d

⛰️ Luka Venter is a composer and conductor from Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand). Luka’s work has a consistent and fundamental emphasis on weaving the ecological and the musical into a single voices...
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 18d

Tonight, Maile Pacumio's ‘Zilal Fi Al-Noor’ receives its premiere in Long Beach, California, by the Alwani Middle Eastern Orchestra 🌟 learn more about Maile in our latest issue of PRXLUDES:
prxludes.net/2025/09/15/m...

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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 19d

Gloria Xia is a Manchester-based composer originally from Shanghai, China. Her creative practice is rooted in humanity, relationships, and feminism; she creates music that embraces vulnerability and honesty, allowing space for discomfort and bizarreness...
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 21d

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙤 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚?
PLASTIC BODIES explores this question through multi-faceted, darkly funny experimental music theatre that sheds light on hidden abuse behind the scenes in the opera industry...
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 22d

ICYMI: Our September 2025 issue of PRXLUDES dropped yesterday - featuring four new interviews & features celebrating some of today's most exciting composers ✨

What are you waiting for? Check it all out here:
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 23d

✨ NEW PRXLUDES - OUT NOW ✨

This month on PRXLUDES: four new interviews and features with some of the most cutting-edge music creators of today, exploring ecology, emotionality, and abuse in opera 🔥

Interested? Read now on PRXLUDES: prxludes.net

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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 28d

📆 Save the date, friends: our September issue of PRXLUDES drops on Monday 15th, featuring interviews and features with the most cutting-edge composers & new music practitioners of today ☀️

Want to be the first to know? Sign up to our mailing list and don’t miss out:
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · 29d

🎻 Thrilled for the release of the premiere recording of Niamh J O'Donnell's spectacular 'LoveHate:Reminiscence', performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra!

Watch it now on YouTube, or in our interview for PRXLUDES:
prxludes.net/2025/08/18/n...

PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · Sep 8

💿 From our friends at Birmingham Record Company - check out 'Quiet Wild', an album of trio music featuring PRXLUDES composers Aidan Teplitzky, Francesca Fargion, Chloe Knibbs, and James McIlwrath 💫

Stream and buy the album now: nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/qui...

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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · Sep 5

👀 Composers, performers, organisations, music lovers: Who should we be aware of in 2025?

Let's expand our horizons - tag your favourite artists we should listen to in the comments and we'll check them out 👇

PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · Sep 4

👹 In our latest issue: LPO Young Composer Niamh J O'Donnell discusses "goblin energy" and incorporating feminine rage into her work - interested? Learn more about Niamh on PRXLUDES:
prxludes.net/2025/08/18/n...

PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · Sep 3

"That Kusama piece really changed how I thought about space. Even though it was physically small, it felt infinite. It’s the same with the internet; it’s just a device in your hand, but it contains this vast, intangible world. I wanted to explore that paradox."
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · Sep 2

⚡ ICYMI: read about Amsterdam-based composer Boris Bezemer, ahead of his commission for Gaudeamus Muziekweek and Orkest de Ereprijs on 12 September - out now on PRXLUDES:
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · Sep 1

🦋🕯️ Learn about Ellie Wilson's work 'Moth X Human', developed in collaboration with Jenna Lawson, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, and moths - read now on PRXLUDES:
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PRXLUDES @prxludes.bsky.social · Aug 29

✨ We're thrilled to revisit Jess McNulty and Sorena Sabah's opera 'Alexander and the Tree' - now available to watch on YouTube - learn more about Jess, Sorena, and the Guildhall Opera Makers on PRXLUDES, in conversation with Georgie West:
prxludes.net/2025/06/16/g...