The work of Amadeus Julian Regucera (b.1984, He/They) engages with the embodied and acoustical energy of sound and the erotics of its production through concert music, installation, performance art, and video. He has had the opportunity to present works around the world. His music has been commissioned and performed by musicians and ensembles such as Talea Ensemble, Wavefield Ensemble, Ensemble Linea, Alarm Will Sound, Ensemble Intercontemporain, EXAUDI vocal ensemble, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Elaine Mitchener, Jennifer Koh, Splinter Reeds, the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Duo Cortona, Third Sound, and the University of California, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. In addition to concert music, his practice intersects with visual and performance art, most notably in RIGOR, a collaboration with visual artist Nicolás Rupcich and commissioned by violinist Jessica Ling (2021); the performance installation Absence in relief (April 2021); IMY/ILY – a monodrama for solo percussionist; The trauma you keep safe is the pain your pass along (2018) for flutist, performer, and video; and the installation Communication (2013). Amadeus holds degrees in Music from the University of California, San Diego and the University of California, Berkeley. Amadeus is currently the Senior Curator, Arts & Music at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

In recent work, Amadeus explores what he calls the “erotics” of sound production, or how a body, as a physical form and as a container for personal experience, is a nexus for a multiplicity of possible meanings. His current practice stems from the belief that each body is physically unique and comes with its own manifold history which can and should be expressed in the music. Amadeus sees the work of music as finding and cultivating lyricism while foregrounding the [physical] struggle that creates it. Inspired and educated by the musical modernism of the 20th century, Amadeus wishes to expand the genre’s potential as an expressive tool for composers beyond its origins. His work is often developed in close collaborations with performers which provoke conversations about consent and trust, complicity and gaze, and power dynamics in performance.

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Composers' Forum: Amadeus Regucera

Cornell University

All introductions are free of charge and included in the ticket fee. All introductions are held in Swedish and please note that introductions are not given for premieres (special introductions are held at premieres, so called "Premiere Talks" that start one hour before the performance).

Introductions & Talks

Royal Swedish Opera

The Director’s Talk gives an insight into the making of the production, with members of the creative team. Book tickets for the main show here.

The Disappearing Man – Director’s Talk

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch

The journey from Beethoven’s first piano sonata to his last is among the most astonishing and consequential achievements in the history of music. In this lecture series, Gilles Vonsattel complements his season-long exploration of the sonatas, providing a listener’s guide and an interpreter’s perspective from the piano. This 75-minute lecture explores different facets of Beethoven’s creative process and his development as a composer.

Beethoven Lecture I

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_ZQW5C2pw&amp;t=2s

The Artelize Podcast Presenting Will Shutes: 'Bring it down out of the clouds to human being level'

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFe6mW6x9pc

The Artelize Podcast: 'Amplifying What Makes Us Human'. A conversation with Zuly E. Inirio

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/4hagYvrYbuM

The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36M5Hi6O80

The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

This annotated and illustrated listening session offers an immersion into the abundant and astounding collection of field recordings made in Italy by the American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, during a journey undertaken in the mid-1950s.

An American in Italy: A dive into Alan Lomax's fabulous sound collection

Opéra National De Lyon

Framing Realites - works by Rimini Protokoll

Sound Port Frankfurt Talk - Helgard Haug

Deutsche Ensemble Akademie e.V.

Please join us for the autumn Practice-as-Research Network Lab Night, hosted by Guildhall School.

Practice-as-Research Network: Lab Night

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Join distinguished composer and public radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks performed during the Alice Tully Hall season. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first timers for their depth, accessibility and brilliance.

Mozart's Quintet in A major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, K. 581

Seventh episode in this series of lecture-narratives, which celebrates great singular figures of art. Richard Robert recounts the adventures of the English musician Simon Jeffes, founder and leader of the unclassifiable Penguin Cafe Orchestra, who for more than twenty years broke down in a most delightful way the artificial barriers between popular and art music.

Simon Jeffes and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Shahbaz Hussain started learning tabla at five, taught by his father, the vocalist Ustad Mumtaz Hussain. He then went on to be taught by Ustad Faiyaz Khan of the Delhi gharana, Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan of the Punjab gharana, and finally Ustad Allah Rakha — the man behind Ravi Shankar's rhythm section for decades.

Two Gharanas, One Musician - Shahbaz Hussain (Talk)

Barbican Centre

Sunanda Sharma is a senior disciple of the legendary Girija Devi and one of the foremost practitioners of the Banaras gharana style of khayal singing. In this masterclass, she opens up the tradition from the inside: how the gharana’s approach to raga differs from other schools, where the line between technical discipline and emotional expression dissolves, and why the Banaras style has always carried a distinctive intimacy.

The Benaras Gharana by Sunanda Sharma

In just 20 minutes, a deliberate shift in breathing rhythm can measurably change how your nervous system responds to stress. When you slow to six breaths per minute - roughly five seconds in, five seconds out - your heart rate and breathing fall into sync, activating the vagus nerve and shifting your body from fight-or-flight into a state of calm that researchers call cardiac coherence.

The Science of Slower Breathing with Davel Patel

This 40-minute Sky Arts documentary follows the Dagar family, whose unbroken lineage has preserved dhrupad — India’s oldest classical vocal tradition — across twenty generations. The film explores what it means to carry an art form that predates most modern nations, and what happens when that continuity is threatened by the pace of contemporary life.

India's Vanishing Voice (Film Screening + Talk)

Join BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, director, and writer Richard Ayoade for an evening of reflections as he shares insights from his latest book, Afterthoughts, or Some Pistachios Won't Open: Wisdom for the Unreflective.

Partially recognisable for being in The IT Crowd, his acclaimed films Submarine and The Double, he has also hosted TV landfill like Travel Man and The Crystal Maze, and lent his nasal voice to The Boxtrolls, Early Man, Soul and The Bad Guys. 

Richard Ayoade - Afterthoughts

Assembly Hall Theatre

C.P.E. Bach's Fantasia in F-sharp minor for Violin and Harpsichord, H. 536

Composer and librettist Scott Eyerly brings a fresh approach to the Mahaiwe’s Met lectures. He combines his experience as a teacher at The Juilliard School with a wide range of creative accomplishments – from his comic opera My Life Online, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe, to his musical comedy Pooch, produced in workshop at Seagle Music Festival. Eyerly’s lively talks are drawing novices and cognoscenti alike.

Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Puccini’s La Bohème

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

On a Sunday morning before the big event of the premiere, Artistic Director Christian Spuck and Dramaturge Katja Wiegand welcome you to the premiere talk.

Premiere Talk: The Nutcracker

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the critically acclaimed, award-winning rock movie musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch with an unforgettable evening featuring writer, director, and Golden Globe–nominated star John Cameron Mitchell. The event includes a stunning 4K screening of the film, followed by a live Q&A, and a special mini acoustic performance by Mitchell. Arrive early for the pre-show costume contest—held in every city—for a chance to win prizes from our sponsors, The Criterion Collection and The Punk Rock Museum. Come dressed as your best Hedwig or in a look inspired by the work of John Cameron Mitchell. Post show meet and greet add-ons available! Produced by ThisMyShow Presents.

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