Kristine Tjøgersen’s compositional practice is characterized by curiosity, imagination, humor, and precision. She has a special interest in the interplay between the visual and the auditory as well as the natural world. Her collaboration with researchers and biologists is a source of new sound and scenic ideas, incorporating organic forms into the music. On Night 3 of this year’s Other Minds Festival, pianist Ellen Ugelvik and lighting designer Evelina Dembacke will perform Tjøgersen’s Piano Piece. On the podcast, we talk about collaborating with biologists, creating a forest inside a piano, and much more!

Music: Lying on forest floor, looking at treetops by Kristine Tjøgersen (Aurora Records); “Moth Molecules” from Night Lives by Kristine Tjøgersen, performed by Cikada Ensemble (Aurora Records); “Myotis” from Night Lives by Kristine Tjøgersen, performed by Cikada Ensemble (Aurora Records); Piano Piece by Kristine Tjøgersen, performed by Ellen Ugelvik; “Bat Club” from Night Lives by Kristine Tjøgersen, performed by Cikada Ensemble (Aurora Records); Starry Night by Kristine Tjøgersen, performed by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi with Marcus Weiss and Jenny Hval (Aurora Records)

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The Other Minds Podcast is hosted and edited by Joseph Bohigian. Outro music is “Kings: Atahualpa” by Brian Baumbusch (Other Minds Records).

Samuel Adams (b. 1985) is an American composer. Gramophone Magazine praised Adams as “among the most interesting composers of the millennial generation in his negotiation of the tensions that shape and define his musical narratives: between directness and implication, silence and resonance, emotion and its aftermath.” His work resists the traditional tensions of classical music, blending acoustic and digital sounds in inventive, texturally rich compositions. He has been commissioned by a number of major ensembles, including the San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and The Living Earth Show. On the podcast, Adams talks about growing up in the Bay Area, working with the San Francisco Symphony, and the influence of composer Ingram Marshall on his life and work.

Music: Études by Samuel Adams, performed by Conor Hanick; Violin Diptych by Samuel Adams, performed by Karen Gomyo and Conor Hanick (Other Minds Records); Shade Studies by Samuel Adams, performed by Sarah Cahill (Irritable Hedgehog)

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The Other Minds Podcast is hosted and edited by Joseph Bohigian. Outro music is “Kings: Atahualpa” by Brian Baumbusch (Other Minds Records).

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: On Sunday, September 7, 2025, Other Minds will present a two piano recital of the music of “Blue” Gene Tyranny and Robert Ashley with pianists Sarah Cahill and Joseph Kubera at Mills College at Northeastern University in Oakland. Robert Ashley and “Blue” Gene Tyranny were both iconic and beloved teachers at the Mills College Music Department. They were opposites in many ways, but when they met in the early 1960s working with the legendary ONCE Group, they forged a fifty-year collaboration and lifelong friendship. In preparation for the concert, we’re sharing excerpts from interviews with the two composers from the Other Minds Archives.

Music: That Morning Thing by Robert Ashley (Other Minds Archives)

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The Other Minds Podcast is hosted and edited by Joseph Bohigian. Outro music is “Kings: Atahualpa” by Brian Baumbusch (Other Minds Records).