Welcome to the Jordan B. Peterson podcast episode 33 season four. This episode was recorded back in February 2021.

Samuel Andreev joined my dad this episode.

Samuel is a Canadian composer who writes absolutely extraordinary music for orchestra,

soloists, chambergroup singers and other ensembles throughout Europe and the world.

He hosts the Samuel Andreev podcast is a professor at the Haaschule for music, Fryberg.

Hope there's nobody German listening to this podcast cringing at my pronunciation.

Samuel is also known for his YouTube channel, presenting an analysis of works that he believes are interesting and important.

Dad and Samuel discuss the skills needed to be successful as an artist, where to start if you want to compose music,

the hierarchy in western music, the relationship of music and language, the importance of genres, tips on learning composition,

how having a family is helpful to a career and more.

I'm pleased to have with me here today Samuel Andreev, someone I've known for many years now.

I think it must be 15 years probably and Sam is a Canadian composer who has sought his fame and fortune in Europe.

And we're going to talk today about his career, about the artistic endeavor in general and how that can be rendered practical and about music.

It's nice to see you Sam. Thanks a lot for agreeing to talk to me.

It's really good to see you Jordan. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm very pleased to see you.

So why don't you fill everybody in to begin with on your background?

Sure. So I'm a Canadian composer.

I was born in Concardin, which is near Toronto and lived in Canada until I was 22 at which point I decided to move to France.

So I settled initially in Paris.

I lived there for 10 years, studied composition at the Paris Conservatory.

And then I received a one year artistic residency in Madrid.

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