Recording Room Revelations: Finding Marton Illes’ Voice

Conductor Bas Wiegers interviews composer Márton Illés after two intense days recording Illes' new cello concerto with Nicolas Altstaedt and the Münchener Kammerorchester at the Bayerische Rundfunk. 

They discuss finding a personal compositional language, balancing freedom and structure, the physical and acoustic reality of sound, use of electronics, and how collaboration and selflessness shape complex contemporary music in rehearsal and recording.

The music played in the episode can be found here: 

Márton Illés - Violinkonzert (2019) 
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Michael Wendeberg 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzsGf8NebOg

Márton Illés - Ljubljana24 (2018–20/24) 
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Enno Poppe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1GbmfvlzKI&list=RDN1GbmfvlzKI&start_radio=1