Weathering opens tonight in Paris at @festivaldautomne CENTQUATRE-PARIS @104paris. It is monumental work, created by @faye_driscoll, and featuring 10 of the most fearless dancer-performers on the map. Music and Sound Direction by me. The entire season is sold out, but try and see it somehow if you can. @festivaldautomne winds up a huge 2025 season for a profound show I have had the great joy of being a part of. Well done Faye Faye, you are a warrior love. Merde. X
Weathering opens tonight in Paris at @festivaldautomne CENTQUATRE-PARIS @104paris. It is monumental work, created by @faye_driscoll, and featuring 10 of the most fearless dancer-performers on the map. Music and Sound Direction by me. The entire season is sold out, but try and see it somehow if you can. @festivaldautomne winds up a huge 2025 season for a profound show I have had the great joy of being a part of. Well done Faye Faye, you are a warrior love. Merde. X
Last night in New York, @sophiafiora_ introduced herself to the world, and the world to her, in a packed house at @joespub at @publictheaterny.
I can`t entirely grasp the joy I feel - a gentle sense of coming into being. Thank you to all of you who came to that show and showed Fiora so much love, attention and care. It is a night I will cherish as a beginning, a return and a reclamation.
Thank you to Paul Wilson Bae @baesef_lateef, Patrick Higgins @h1ggg1ns, @henry__fraser and @brianchase123 for the extraordinary gift of creating that musical world with me, and to @marcurselli for making us feel and sound so good in the room.
Thank you @threeasfour for a dress whose absolute spectacularity will hold @sophiafiora_ always.
Thank you @willrahilly for creating the film world of @sophiafiora_ with me and Victoria Keddie @vict_0r for bringing it to analogue vision on stage.
Thank you @ahbinishman for your hair and make-up artistry. Thank you @ckgckgckgckg @jasonbatcheller @couldbeworse69 and @mr_iess for the skill and the shlepping. Thank you @joespub @publictheaterny for having us.
All I want is to dive back in. More on that soon.
For now this chappy is happy. XO
Last night in New York, @sophiafiora_ introduced herself to the world, and the world to her, in a packed house at @joespub at @publictheaterny.
I can`t entirely grasp the joy I feel - a gentle sense of coming into being. Thank you to all of you who came to that show and showed Fiora so much love, attention and care. It is a night I will cherish as a beginning, a return and a reclamation.
Thank you to Paul Wilson Bae @baesef_lateef, Patrick Higgins @h1ggg1ns, @henry__fraser and @brianchase123 for the extraordinary gift of creating that musical world with me, and to @marcurselli for making us feel and sound so good in the room.
Thank you @threeasfour for a dress whose absolute spectacularity will hold @sophiafiora_ always.
Thank you @willrahilly for creating the film world of @sophiafiora_ with me and Victoria Keddie @vict_0r for bringing it to analogue vision on stage.
Thank you @ahbinishman for your hair and make-up artistry. Thank you @ckgckgckgckg @jasonbatcheller @couldbeworse69 and @mr_iess for the skill and the shlepping. Thank you @joespub @publictheaterny for having us.
All I want is to dive back in. More on that soon.
For now this chappy is happy. XO
lovers, @sophiafiora_ is set to make her debut next weekend in New York, when she unfurls for the first time at @publictheaterny @joespub on November 9.
Fiora is a new creation for me, grown from a seed that has been dormant for a long while. She is a torch singer of an unclear time - the main attraction on board a cruise ship entertaining passengers as they make their way towards a utopian destination.
Fiora sings songs of bygone days - majestic epics of misspent youth and mythic rebeginning. She is a new world for me to play in, I have written the music, made a record and am starting the journey next week, in the flesh. Joining me will be a band of exceptional musicians, Patrick Higgins @h1ggg1ns (Zs, AEAEA/Nicolas Jaar), Paul Wilson Bae @baesef_lateef (SZA, Lauryn Hill), @henry__fraser (Mary Halvorsen, John Zorn) and @brianchase123 (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), with other special guests.
Come set sail with us. Leave your worries at the dock, @sophiafiora_ will look after the rest.... Ticket link in bio.
lovers, @sophiafiora_ is set to make her debut next weekend in New York, when she unfurls for the first time at @publictheaterny @joespub on November 9.
Fiora is a new creation for me, grown from a seed that has been dormant for a long while. She is a torch singer of an unclear time - the main attraction on board a cruise ship entertaining passengers as they make their way towards a utopian destination.
Fiora sings songs of bygone days - majestic epics of misspent youth and mythic rebeginning. She is a new world for me to play in, I have written the music, made a record and am starting the journey next week, in the flesh. Joining me will be a band of exceptional musicians, Patrick Higgins @h1ggg1ns (Zs, AEAEA/Nicolas Jaar), Paul Wilson Bae @baesef_lateef (SZA, Lauryn Hill), @henry__fraser (Mary Halvorsen, John Zorn) and @brianchase123 (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), with other special guests.
Come set sail with us. Leave your worries at the dock, @sophiafiora_ will look after the rest.... Ticket link in bio.
I know a little flower who is almost ready to bloom.
@sophiafiora_ sets sail on November 9 at @publictheaterny @joespub, weaving a surreal soundtrack of tropical kosmische, post-modern lounge and widescreen pop, all crowned by her powerful voice.
Joining Fiora will be a band of beguiling musicians including Patrick Higgins @h1ggg1ns (Zs, AEAEA/Nicolas Jaar) on guitar, Paul Wilson Bae @baesef_lateef (SZA, Lauryn Hill), synthesisers/keyboards, @henry__fraser (Mary Halvorsen, John Zorn), fretless & double bass, @brianchase123 (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) percussion/drums and special guests.
Come witness the maiden voyage.
Link in bio
📷 @nikolalamburov 💄 @anhnguyaen 🎩 @mirjamnuver
I know a little flower who is almost ready to bloom.
@sophiafiora_ sets sail on November 9 at @publictheaterny @joespub, weaving a surreal soundtrack of tropical kosmische, post-modern lounge and widescreen pop, all crowned by her powerful voice.
Joining Fiora will be a band of beguiling musicians including Patrick Higgins @h1ggg1ns (Zs, AEAEA/Nicolas Jaar) on guitar, Paul Wilson Bae @baesef_lateef (SZA, Lauryn Hill), synthesisers/keyboards, @henry__fraser (Mary Halvorsen, John Zorn), fretless & double bass, @brianchase123 (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) percussion/drums and special guests.
Come witness the maiden voyage.
Link in bio
📷 @nikolalamburov 💄 @anhnguyaen 🎩 @mirjamnuver
@sophiafiora_ is looking forward to meeting you. She`s got a whole new act prepared, perfect for taking in the changing tide.... come meet her on November 9 for the maiden voyage, @publictheaterny @joespub New York. More details in bio 🌱
Photo @nikolalamburov Costume @mirjamnuver Hair and Makeup @anhnguyaen ✨
@sophiafiora_ is looking forward to meeting you. She`s got a whole new act prepared, perfect for taking in the changing tide.... come meet her on November 9 for the maiden voyage, @publictheaterny @joespub New York. More details in bio 🌱
Photo @nikolalamburov Costume @mirjamnuver Hair and Makeup @anhnguyaen ✨
Friends, there`s someone I`d like you to meet. Her name is @sophiafiora_ - she is a new world for me to live in. A self-nourishing system, evergreen in the act of creation, blooming.
@sophiafiora_ has always been with me, but perhaps also a long process of emergence over many years. Until I was ready and she was ready.
@sophiafiora_ is a persona, a live show, an album, a next chapter forward. It would mean so much if you would get to know her - follow her at @sophiafiora_ and we can commence a journey together.
@sophiafiora_ makes her debut at @publictheaterny @joespub on November 9. She emerges in the best way I know how - in person, in the room, in the act of creation - much will follow. If you are in New York, please come and meet her. She will be joined by a magnetic band of musical souls - Patrick Higgins @h1ggg1ns, @henry__fraser @bookerstardrum and more special guests. Link in bio. This is just the beginning. Time to bloom 🖤
Friends, there`s someone I`d like you to meet. Her name is @sophiafiora_ - she is a new world for me to live in. A self-nourishing system, evergreen in the act of creation, blooming.
@sophiafiora_ has always been with me, but perhaps also a long process of emergence over many years. Until I was ready and she was ready.
@sophiafiora_ is a persona, a live show, an album, a next chapter forward. It would mean so much if you would get to know her - follow her at @sophiafiora_ and we can commence a journey together.
@sophiafiora_ makes her debut at @publictheaterny @joespub on November 9. She emerges in the best way I know how - in person, in the room, in the act of creation - much will follow. If you are in New York, please come and meet her. She will be joined by a magnetic band of musical souls - Patrick Higgins @h1ggg1ns, @henry__fraser @bookerstardrum and more special guests. Link in bio. This is just the beginning. Time to bloom 🖤
Waking from a week of such deep joy and dreaming as we wrap `In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited` for now.
In many ways this show changed my life 11 years ago. It gave me the confidence to realise that I could step away from a path of female not-quite-pop recording artist™️, and into a space of theatre, performance and curiosity that has nourished me for the past decade.
My dear friend and mentor @davidcoulter taught me that I could perform in opera houses and concert halls as an artist wishing to experiment and discover, which set my course to connect to creativity as a process, not just an outcome.
Returning to this show at this point feels very meaningful - like coming full circle - as next week I will be announcing the return to the project of solo singer in a new album, persona and live performance. A next phase, or a continuation of what was always there...
Thank you maestro @davidcoulter, @raindogprod @brynormrod @fannyfrancine and the beautiful performers and musicians of #indreams who now feel like family.
A career in performance is a gift, if we`re willing to try and fail and dream together. Thank you David Lynch for the inspiration.
Waking from a week of such deep joy and dreaming as we wrap `In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited` for now.
In many ways this show changed my life 11 years ago. It gave me the confidence to realise that I could step away from a path of female not-quite-pop recording artist™️, and into a space of theatre, performance and curiosity that has nourished me for the past decade.
My dear friend and mentor @davidcoulter taught me that I could perform in opera houses and concert halls as an artist wishing to experiment and discover, which set my course to connect to creativity as a process, not just an outcome.
Returning to this show at this point feels very meaningful - like coming full circle - as next week I will be announcing the return to the project of solo singer in a new album, persona and live performance. A next phase, or a continuation of what was always there...
Thank you maestro @davidcoulter, @raindogprod @brynormrod @fannyfrancine and the beautiful performers and musicians of #indreams who now feel like family.
A career in performance is a gift, if we`re willing to try and fail and dream together. Thank you David Lynch for the inspiration.
It`s time to swim with that big fish, once more.... In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited, opening tonight in Strasbourg
September 19 STRASBOURG Opéra du Rhin (Festival Musica) @festival_musica_strasbourg @operadurhin
September 20 LUXEMBOURG Philharmonie @philharmonie_lux
September 21 LONDON Royal Festival Hall @southbankcentre
Les artistes
Anna Calvi vocals, guitare
Mick Harvey vocals
Conor O’Brien (Villagers) vocals, guitare
Sophia Brous vocals
Jehnny Beth vocals
Kirin J. Callinan vocals, guitare
David Coulter conception, direction, scie musicale, guitare
Terry Edwards trompette, saxophones, keyboard
Dave Okumu guitare
Tom Herbert contrebasse, guitare basse électrique
Dan See drums
Thomas Bloch cristal Baschet, ondes Martenot
Pauline Haas harpe
It`s time to swim with that big fish, once more.... In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited, opening tonight in Strasbourg
September 19 STRASBOURG Opéra du Rhin (Festival Musica) @festival_musica_strasbourg @operadurhin
September 20 LUXEMBOURG Philharmonie @philharmonie_lux
September 21 LONDON Royal Festival Hall @southbankcentre
Les artistes
Anna Calvi vocals, guitare
Mick Harvey vocals
Conor O’Brien (Villagers) vocals, guitare
Sophia Brous vocals
Jehnny Beth vocals
Kirin J. Callinan vocals, guitare
David Coulter conception, direction, scie musicale, guitare
Terry Edwards trompette, saxophones, keyboard
Dave Okumu guitare
Tom Herbert contrebasse, guitare basse électrique
Dan See drums
Thomas Bloch cristal Baschet, ondes Martenot
Pauline Haas harpe
In just under two weeks, this beautiful show returns, reuniting at London`s @southbankcentre, @festival_musica_strasbourg Opera & Luxembourg @philharmonie_lux. A decade ago, maestro @davidcoulter , Marc Cardonnel @raindogprod & #brynormorod @barbicancentre assembled a cast of otherworldy musicians to interpret the profound sound world of David Lynch - the dystopian torch songs, noir country diddies and lush Badamalenti orchestrations that made up David`s vision. After his very sad passing at the beginning of this year, the show has been revived for a handful of European and UK dates, reuniting our cast with some new and old dreamers joining - @annacalvi @jehnnybeth @wearevillagers @kirinjcallinan @mick_harvey9 @dave_okumu_ @sebrochford @electrobeard and more. This show is so beautiful, please come and be a part of it. Link in bio - see you there in the dream
In just under two weeks, this beautiful show returns, reuniting at London`s @southbankcentre, @festival_musica_strasbourg Opera & Luxembourg @philharmonie_lux. A decade ago, maestro @davidcoulter , Marc Cardonnel @raindogprod & #brynormorod @barbicancentre assembled a cast of otherworldy musicians to interpret the profound sound world of David Lynch - the dystopian torch songs, noir country diddies and lush Badamalenti orchestrations that made up David`s vision. After his very sad passing at the beginning of this year, the show has been revived for a handful of European and UK dates, reuniting our cast with some new and old dreamers joining - @annacalvi @jehnnybeth @wearevillagers @kirinjcallinan @mick_harvey9 @dave_okumu_ @sebrochford @electrobeard and more. This show is so beautiful, please come and be a part of it. Link in bio - see you there in the dream
I have been reflecting on the sadness I have been feeling the last 24hrs. I didn`t know Bob well, but in many ways he and his work shaped the last decade of my life - I came back to the US to do a residency at the @watermillcenter with @davidcoulter & @leoabrahams, and connected with a family of artists and musicians in New York that I didn`t know I had. The time at Watermill introduced me to a path from music into performance and theatre, and changed my perspective entirely of what was possible in my creative life. Everyone has a story like this - how @bob___wilson and his work changed them. He set a standard for generations of artists for what it is to world-build, and live entirely for the radiance of art-making. I am forever grateful, vale @bob___wilson
I have been reflecting on the sadness I have been feeling the last 24hrs. I didn`t know Bob well, but in many ways he and his work shaped the last decade of my life - I came back to the US to do a residency at the @watermillcenter with @davidcoulter & @leoabrahams, and connected with a family of artists and musicians in New York that I didn`t know I had. The time at Watermill introduced me to a path from music into performance and theatre, and changed my perspective entirely of what was possible in my creative life. Everyone has a story like this - how @bob___wilson and his work changed them. He set a standard for generations of artists for what it is to world-build, and live entirely for the radiance of art-making. I am forever grateful, vale @bob___wilson
See you tomorrow (upstate) New York. #EXOTECH #groundtone festival @ps21chatham @exo__hq @sophiabrous @kimbramusic @nelscline @lina_lapelyte @eucademix @bookerstardrum @h1ggg1ns @spencerzahn @ckgckgckgckg @juliakentcello @clarawarnaar @ps21chatham @hyperjetlag
See you tomorrow (upstate) New York. #EXOTECH #groundtone festival @ps21chatham @exo__hq @sophiabrous @kimbramusic @nelscline @lina_lapelyte @eucademix @bookerstardrum @h1ggg1ns @spencerzahn @ckgckgckgckg @juliakentcello @clarawarnaar @ps21chatham @hyperjetlag
Please know that we love you. #wallaceshawn
honoured to be performing at the master Terry Riley`s 90th Birthday Celebrations next week in New York at @roulette_intermedium, and join a monumental ensemble of music luminaries and friends to interpret his landmark work `In C`. Directed by @nick_hallett and @zachlayton, with @clairechaseflute also performing `The Holy Liftoff` - join us Tuesday to celebrate Terry! @roulette_intermedium
honoured to be performing at the master Terry Riley`s 90th Birthday Celebrations next week in New York at @roulette_intermedium, and join a monumental ensemble of music luminaries and friends to interpret his landmark work `In C`. Directed by @nick_hallett and @zachlayton, with @clairechaseflute also performing `The Holy Liftoff` - join us Tuesday to celebrate Terry! @roulette_intermedium
`Broken Chord`, a new collaborative work created with the wonderful Finnish artist @hans.rosenstrom is now on show at @helsinkicontemporary. The show is 7-channel installation of plexiglass panels broadcasting voices through transducers. Last year, Hans asked me if I would like to collaborate on a new piece exploring language, the body and the voice in-dislocation, and in December we went to the excellent @brewerystudios Berlin to record with @eugene_blove @allesheyward @6regor @holden.mad & @bodytopography. I created a series of scores made up of breaths, grunts, paralingual coos, word fragments and murmerations, and together we wove a world. Broken Chord is now on view until June 29 @helsinkicontemporary.
Broken Chord (2025) @hans.rosenstrom
7 x pyrolytic solar control glass, 7 x transducer speakers, motion detector
Duration 11`48`` (variable)
2025
Musical direction and co-composition of Broken Chord by Sophia Brous
Performed by Eugène Blove, Sophia Brous, Alice Heyward, Gregor Kompar, Gabriella Liandu, Holden Madagame and Holly Sass.
Recorded at Brewery Studios, Berlin
Post Production: EMS, Elektronmusikstudio, Stockholm
Sound mixing: Ville MJ Hyvönen, Helsinki
With thanks to the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and the Norwegian
Cultural Fund for supporting the artist’s work and production on Broken Chord.
Atelier Nord (Oslo), Ultima Festival (Oslo), The Finnish - Norwegian Cultural Institute (Oslo) for support. Goljat.fi (Helsinki) for installation and technical guidance.
`Broken Chord`, a new collaborative work created with the wonderful Finnish artist @hans.rosenstrom is now on show at @helsinkicontemporary. The show is 7-channel installation of plexiglass panels broadcasting voices through transducers. Last year, Hans asked me if I would like to collaborate on a new piece exploring language, the body and the voice in-dislocation, and in December we went to the excellent @brewerystudios Berlin to record with @eugene_blove @allesheyward @6regor @holden.mad & @bodytopography. I created a series of scores made up of breaths, grunts, paralingual coos, word fragments and murmerations, and together we wove a world. Broken Chord is now on view until June 29 @helsinkicontemporary.
Broken Chord (2025) @hans.rosenstrom
7 x pyrolytic solar control glass, 7 x transducer speakers, motion detector
Duration 11`48`` (variable)
2025
Musical direction and co-composition of Broken Chord by Sophia Brous
Performed by Eugène Blove, Sophia Brous, Alice Heyward, Gregor Kompar, Gabriella Liandu, Holden Madagame and Holly Sass.
Recorded at Brewery Studios, Berlin
Post Production: EMS, Elektronmusikstudio, Stockholm
Sound mixing: Ville MJ Hyvönen, Helsinki
With thanks to the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and the Norwegian
Cultural Fund for supporting the artist’s work and production on Broken Chord.
Atelier Nord (Oslo), Ultima Festival (Oslo), The Finnish - Norwegian Cultural Institute (Oslo) for support. Goljat.fi (Helsinki) for installation and technical guidance.
Folks this weekend ExoTech returns to one of our favourite New York gathering points @lprnyc, for a never-repeated performance in-the-round. @kimbramusic and I are coming together with some of this city`s most gifted musical minds, to play, purge and commune with you. It`s our first ny show of 2025 so be there with us - with @zohamba #kennywolleson @haldeman @h1ggg1ns @henry__fraser @darian.donovan.thomas @jeremygustin @ckgckgckgckg @flymyspcshp @maurorefosco @mayleetodd @kaorufue @yoshidathis @exo__hq 💦 it`s going to be magic, TTTech. link in bio.
Folks this weekend ExoTech returns to one of our favourite New York gathering points @lprnyc, for a never-repeated performance in-the-round. @kimbramusic and I are coming together with some of this city`s most gifted musical minds, to play, purge and commune with you. It`s our first ny show of 2025 so be there with us - with @zohamba #kennywolleson @haldeman @h1ggg1ns @henry__fraser @darian.donovan.thomas @jeremygustin @ckgckgckgckg @flymyspcshp @maurorefosco @mayleetodd @kaorufue @yoshidathis @exo__hq 💦 it`s going to be magic, TTTech. link in bio.
This is a special one - in what feels like a lifetime ago (or yesterday), I was part of a very precious, ambitious show created by @davidcoulter @barbicancentre @raindogprod @brynormrod @philharmoniedeparis exploring the visionary musical worlds of David Lynch. To mark his passing and celebrate David Lynch`s genius, the show is returning. 19 Sept at @festival_musica_strasbourg, Opéra national du Rhin, 20 Sept at @philharmonie_lux Luxembourg Philharmonie, 21 Sept Royal Festival Hall @southbankcentre 💗💗 stepping back in as Lynchian chanteuse, with the incredible @annacalvi @jehnnybeth @conor__obrien @wearevillagers @kirinjcallinan @mick_harvey9 @dave_okumu_ @electrobeard @sebrochford @terry_edwards_esq @thomasblochmusic. Link in bio. More dates coming soon 💔
This is a special one - in what feels like a lifetime ago (or yesterday), I was part of a very precious, ambitious show created by @davidcoulter @barbicancentre @raindogprod @brynormrod @philharmoniedeparis exploring the visionary musical worlds of David Lynch. To mark his passing and celebrate David Lynch`s genius, the show is returning. 19 Sept at @festival_musica_strasbourg, Opéra national du Rhin, 20 Sept at @philharmonie_lux Luxembourg Philharmonie, 21 Sept Royal Festival Hall @southbankcentre 💗💗 stepping back in as Lynchian chanteuse, with the incredible @annacalvi @jehnnybeth @conor__obrien @wearevillagers @kirinjcallinan @mick_harvey9 @dave_okumu_ @electrobeard @sebrochford @terry_edwards_esq @thomasblochmusic. Link in bio. More dates coming soon 💔
Happy to have contributed voice, arrangements and paralingual coos to @francoistetaz`s mighty soundtrack for #thesurfer, starring Nicolas Cage and directed by @lorcanfinnegan. Full soundtrack just released, available now @impressedrecordings
Happy to have contributed voice, arrangements and paralingual coos to @francoistetaz`s mighty soundtrack for #thesurfer, starring Nicolas Cage and directed by @lorcanfinnegan. Full soundtrack just released, available now @impressedrecordings
New York, it`s time for a hometown show 💗💗 ExoTech returns to nyc Saturday June 7 in majestic in-the-round at @lprnyc. We`re assembling a huge lineup of precious musical minds to join us. Come spend a balmy summer night with your old friends @kimbramusic and I, oki? Link in bio. T-T-Tech.
New York, it`s time for a hometown show 💗💗 ExoTech returns to nyc Saturday June 7 in majestic in-the-round at @lprnyc. We`re assembling a huge lineup of precious musical minds to join us. Come spend a balmy summer night with your old friends @kimbramusic and I, oki? Link in bio. T-T-Tech.
A beautiful review of 50 Minutes in today`s Times @the.tls 🤍🐰 We open tonight, sold out but a few tickets left this week. @theaterneumarkt #50Minutes #deborahlevy @tinemilz
A beautiful review of 50 Minutes in today`s Times @the.tls 🤍🐰 We open tonight, sold out but a few tickets left this week. @theaterneumarkt #50Minutes #deborahlevy @tinemilz
Our hit play in today`s @guardian 🤍🐰Deborah Levy`s hugely insightful play `50 Minutes` returns to @theaterneumarkt Zurich this weekend for a second run after our first sold out season. Working with @tinemilz, Deborah, @susannasachsse @haukeheumann @hanneshetta #guillaumesoula and @theaterneumarkt on this show as dramaturg and composer was a divine joy, cannot wait to be back in the room together this weekend. See you soon Zurich 🐰
Our hit play in today`s @guardian 🤍🐰Deborah Levy`s hugely insightful play `50 Minutes` returns to @theaterneumarkt Zurich this weekend for a second run after our first sold out season. Working with @tinemilz, Deborah, @susannasachsse @haukeheumann @hanneshetta #guillaumesoula and @theaterneumarkt on this show as dramaturg and composer was a divine joy, cannot wait to be back in the room together this weekend. See you soon Zurich 🐰