Samuel Andreyev

Samuel Andreyev’s music is incredibly varied, from the sparse resonance of the Sonata da Camera, the ‘cartoon music’ – as the composer puts it -of Vérifications, characterised by primary colours and strong instrumental timbres; the Sextet in Two Parts which in contrast focuses on minute timbral shadings; and of course the cantata for solo voice and ensemble which is the title track of the album.

Samuel Andreyev´s new album Music with no Edges embraces unusual instrumentation, toy instruments and surprising combinations. Like a deft clockmaker, Andreyev is not stumbling around with too many parcels, weaving in and out of traffic, exploring the vocabulary of lens flares, pots and stains. Music with no Edges suggests the inevitable logic of the accidental machinery. Samuel Andreyev is a composer, oboist, poet and teacher.