Writings, Interviews & Podcasts / Textos, Entrevistas & Podcasts

Writings, interviews, and podcasts on (or related to) my music

Escritos, entrevistas y podcasts sobre (o relacionados a) mi música


Extended program notes for concert “Tenner blant trærne” (“Teeth amongst the trees”)

Curated by Luis Fernando Amaya for nyMusikk (Oslo)

Written by Jennifer Gersten

Designed by Ana María Bermúdez

Language: English


nyMusikk Podcast: “Luis Fernando Amaya: Composing to connect to the more-than-human”

Interviewed by Jennifer Torrence

Language: English

 

Just there: Aaron Einbond, Luis Fernando Amaya

Ben Harper’s Contemporary Music Blog “Boring Like a Drill”

Language: English


NOVEG: Luis Fernando Amaya

Radio Študent (Slovenia)

Language: Slovenian


Testimonio de oídas: Luis Fernando Amaya

Radio UNAM—México City

Language: Spanish


Live at “The Watt from Pedro Show”

with Mike Watt

Radio Show — San Pedro, California, US

Language: English

 

Bandcamp Navigator April 2023

Featuring Cortahojas

by Robert Newsome


The Sound of Curiosity—Interview with Lee Pembleton from the Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble

Language: English

 

The Best Contemporary Classical on Bandcamp: February 2023

For the February Edition of “The Best Contemporary Classical on Bandcamp”, Peter Margasak talks about several contemporary music albums, including “Cortahojas”

By Peter Margasak

 

“Cortahojas: a different way of listening to Earth”

Track-by-track listening guide to the album “Cortahojas”

PRXLUDES Magazine

By Luis Fernando Amaya

 

Interview at Catalunya Ràdio on my album “Cortahojas” along with Protometarial Record’s producer Joan Arnau Pàmies

Languages: Catalan and Spanish

 

“Music Composition as a Means to Connect With the More-Than-Human: A Dialogue Between the Works of Walter Kitundu, Liza Lim, and Luis Fernando Amaya”

Dissertation by Luis Fernando Amaya

 

Lucerne Festival Forward: On “Tinta Roja, Tinta Negra” with Ben Roidl-Ward

Language: English

 

HACER RUIDO: Luis Fernando Amaya

In English and Spanish / en Español e Inglés

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by Carolina Vélez Muñiz on the occasion of her curated concert HACER RUIDO (April 16, 2021) at Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago)

Image: Cielo Saucedo

 

On Studies on Bestiario: seis Interview with Fonema Consort

Language: English

Leading to Fonema's closing concert of the 2020-21 season, Mexican composer Luis Fernando Amaya shared his thoughts on his recent work, music inspiration, and his new piece for Fonema Consort to be premiered on 04.29 at the Experimental Sound Studio's The Quarantine Concerts in Chicago (live streaming).

 

Interview alongside visual artist Rodrigo Lara Zendejas about our work cosa verde para descansar los ojos

Language: English

Sneak peek of “cosa verde para descansar los ojos”, collaboration with artist Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, in the project “Ten x Ten” by Homeroom Chicago, Chicago Composers Orchestra, and Spudnik Press. Performed by percussion collective Beyond This Point.

 

Entrevista a cantante, poeta, y activista Zara Monrroy—Revista Este País

Idioma: Español

Foto: Robin.

Foto: Robin.

 

Fellow Travelers Podcast (Ensemble Dal Niente): Interview with Michael Lewanski

Language: English

Conversations with composers featured in Ensemble Dal Niente's November 13 Webcast, Humming Through Branches, presented by the Library of Congress. PART I. 0...
 

“Hablé con…” charla con Enrique Bernis (Argentina)—Parte 1

Idioma: Español

Luis Fernando Amaya es un compositor y percusionista nacido en Aguascalientes, México. Estudió composición y teoría musical en el Centro de Investigación y E...

“Hablé con…” charla con Enrique Bernis (Argentina)—Parte 2

Idioma: Español

Parte 2—Luis Fernando Amaya es un compositor y percusionista nacido en Aguascalientes, México. Estudió composición y teoría musical en el Centro de Investigación y E...

 

Interview: TGS Spotlight

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by The Graduate School at Northwestern University

 
 

The Movers & Makers Podcast—Debate Edition: Alex Temple, Maria Kaoutzani, and Luis Fernando Amaya

Language: English

Moderated by Michal Rayond Massoud

 
 

Bestiario: tres

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On Bestiario: tres—Animacy, Agency, and the Secret Life of Music

Interview by Ammie Brod (Dal Niente)

 
 

The Movers & Makers Podcast: Luis Fernando Amaya

Language: English

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Interview by Michal Raymond Massoud

 
 

Pregunta No.2: Cóndor

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On Pregunta No.2: Cóndor

by Jonathan Hannau

 
 

La sombra de la sombra de un objeto aún no encontrado

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Chasing Shadows: the search for the unobtainable

by Maeve Feinberg

 
 

Tinta Roja, Tinta Negra/ Red Ink, Black Ink

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In Praise Of Unfavorable Concert Reviews

by Luis Fernando Amaya

 
 

Objeto/Espacio no.2

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Imploding Signs 2: Reflections on Luis Fernando Amaya's Objeto/Espacio no. 2: Variaciones y Bagatelas

by Eli Namay

 
 

La mano izquierda es la que escribe las mentiras chiquitas

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Reflection on "La mano izquierda es la que escribe las mentiras chiquitas"

by Brandon Quarles

 
 

en mi caminar en el desierto

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Sonoro silencio: Apuntes sobre en mi caminar en el desierto (2015)

por Santiago Hernández Zarauz

 
 

Vigilemos las venas de la Tierra

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Let Us Look After the Veins of the Earth: The Sonification of Time-series Field Data by Analog Methods (Abstract)

by Vivien Rivera