Samuel Andreyev

composer

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

Piano Piece VI, played by Dina Pysarenko

https://t.co/Y7xDODo8JR

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

Have you heard Tour de France by Kraftwerk? I would begin with Elektro Cardiogram, a great achievement by any measure!

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

Just wanted to say that this is one of the finest artworks I have ever encountered.

[Christian Bok @christianbok]

When the extremophile begins "writing" this line of poetry, the cell creates a protein that causes the cell to glow red in the dark, thereby turning the extremophile into the "faery" described in the poem itself:

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

@audioguido Wow!

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

When I applied to the composition program of the CNSMDP (Conservatoire de Paris), the entrance exams were spread out over several weeks and, among other tortures, included two 12-hour ‘mise en loge’ -- exams during which candidates were not permitted to leave the room. (1/4)

[Lola Salem @SalemLola]

When I passed the exam, the philosophy paper was “The cause” (La cause). I remember another candidate, next to me, basically breaking into tears. I had a lot of fun answering it. I really miss the challenges offered by this system, which push students to work hard and really flourish - most of it due to the quality of their teachers, of course.

Needless to say that in person (whether for written or oral presentation work) exams trumps any other type of grading / assessment. And yet it is precisely this standard that has come under fire for quite some time in academia, based on politically motivated criteria.

People may quibble about the meritocratic standards of the ENS - but as someone who has been at that school and also worked in other leading universities, I think this method is still one of the best things in French education today.

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

Listen to my newest album on Spotify.

Ukrainian pianist Dina Pysarenko plays the first twelve of my ongoing series of Piano Pieces (a life-long project):

https://t.co/aA9naDkG4I

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

@CarsonsXKim Yes, of course! But doesn’t everyone in the world already possess a copy?

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

Everyone needs to read The Xenotext. Buy both volumes -- multiple copies if possible (you can enjoin your friends to read it, too).

[nolifeliam 💀🌹 @nolife_liam]

@SamuelAndreyev Well, that was incredibly interesting and I’m gunna have to read it a couple more times I think before I get the full picture of it. But I’m really looking forward to book 2.

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

Just wanted to say that this is one of the finest artworks I have ever encountered.

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

Upon graduating, I felt I had scaled a mountain. Such experiences made it clear that my capabilities could be stretched much farther than I had hitherto imagined; subsequently, even extremely trying situations seemed relatively trivial, by comparison. (4/4)

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

After I was admitted, I had, as part of the fulfullment of my diploma, to endure an 18-hour mise en loge for the orchestration class; for this, I arrived at 6.00 in the morning with a large bag of provisions, departing shortly before midnight. (3/4)

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

One of my favourite podcast episodes. Christian traveled from Leeds, UK to my studio in Kehl, Germany to film this wide ranging discussion of his poetics and his methods.

[Lola Salem @SalemLola]

There's no equivalence between Blair and Pope Leo XIV. One states that we somehow need to blindly jump on the bandwagon of AI development, along with political losers such as Osborne and Clegg, notably because AGI is supposedly at the door (nb. it isn't). The other argues that AI confronts leaders with difficult moral choices that should not be bypassed to match the calls of those who benefit from it financially at the expense of others.

One reference that I never see in contemporary discourse about AI is the visionary Henri Bergson. In the final paragraphs of "The Two Sources of Morality and Religion", Bergson delivers a powerful warning about the imbalance between material technology ("mechanics") and human spiritual growth ("mysticism"), concluding that the expanded human body requires a "supplement of soul". Rather than seeing a permanent divide, Bergson argues that technology and morality are deeply interconnected (obvs), yet warns that technological expansion without moral evolution will lead to catastrophe.

We can wait a very long time before Blair delivers his own encyclical on the matter.

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

Yes, it truly is. @christianbok

[maxresdefault @CoughWuhan]

this is an insane reality bending boundary pushing book

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

My video editor has not yet completed post production on this episode — but I look forward to releasing it in short order.

[Pierre d'Alancaisez (is) Verdurin @verdur_in]

@SamuelAndreyev Ahem.

[maxresdefault @CoughWuhan]

this is an insane reality bending boundary pushing book

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

@verdur_in Those cheese platters tho

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

Rereading this amazing book. A work of extraordinary brilliance; it is a gift to the world.

[Samuel Andreyev @SamuelAndreyev]

One of my favourite podcast episodes. Christian traveled from Leeds, UK to my studio in Kehl, Germany to film this wide ranging discussion of his poetics and his methods.

[Christian Bok @christianbok]

@nosilverv Learn more about THE XENOTEXT by watching this interview: "The Most Beautiful Poem of the Century?" (courtesy of @samuelandreyev): https://t.co/Zsbjcvzofm