Sofia Borges

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PINK MONADS

Edith Steyer – clarinet, preparations
Céline Voccia – piano
Marialuisa Capurso – voice and field recording
Sofia Borges – drums & percussion

Trips and Findings is Sofia Borges’ first solo release.
This double CD consists of a brief retrospective of her work, containing pieces composed and recorded between 2017 and 2022.

“In recent years there have been some exciting solo albums from drummers and percussionists as well. And one of the most exciting is Sofia Borges.” – Jan Granlie, salt peanuts* (2023)

“(..) the musician creates the soundtrack of her own inner film with atmospheres that directly enter the listener’s mind.” – Victor Loconte, Kathodik (2023)

Live – Upcoming Performances

(Past)

JANUARY
13.1.24 – w/ Liz Kosack (synth), Marina Cyrino (fl), Matthias Koole (g), @TRXXXXER, Berlin

15.1.24 – w/ Kellen Mills (b) & Florian Müller (g), @Terzo Mondo Berlin

16.1.24 – w/ Eliad Wagner (mod synth) & Nico de Paula Lefort (g, elect) @Café Plume, Berlin

20.1.24 – w/ RE:2NITE (Mia Dyberg, Brad Henkel, Antti Virtaranta, Sofia Borges), @Panda, Berlin

22.1.24 – w/ Guilherme Rodrigues (c), Rieko Okuda (p), Antti Virtaranta (b), @Rotbart, Berlin

FEBRUARY
2.2.24 – Solo performance, Sofia Borges (dr, perc, elect), @Sowieso, Berlin

3.2.24 – w/ Jeremy Viner (sax), Liz Kosack (synth), Felix Henkelhausen (b), @Sowieso, Berlin

6.2.24 – w/ Thorbjørn Stephenson (b) & Declan Forde (p), @Café Plume, Berlin

10.2.24 – w/ Marta Warelis (p), @Teatro do Bairro Alto (TBA), Lisbon

18.2.24 – Morning Songs, @Acud, Berlin

MARCH
1.3.24 – SOLO performance, @PANKE, Berlin

4.3.24 – PREMIERE: From one to another, for amplified objects and electronics, @HaK, Berlin

14.3.24 – w/ Slotsch @PAS, Berlin

22-23.3.24 – “MERGE” w/ Sonic Situations, @HochX, Munich

28.3.24 – Borges, Rainer & Dunston, @Sowieso, Berlin

APRIL
6.4.24 – SOLO performance, @Kühlspot, Berlin

10.4.24 – w/ Julia Billat (cel), Roman Stoylar (p), Johannes von Wrochem (g), @Hosèk Contemporary, Berlin

13.4.24 – SOLO performance, @Bimhuis, Amsterdam

18.4.24 – w/ Maria do Mar (vln) & Malwina Kołodziejczyk (sax), @PAS, Berlin

22.4.24 – New quartet! w/ Jeremy Viner (sax), Beat Keller (g), Julius Windisch, @Kühlspot, Berlin

26.4.24 – w/ SORBD, @Kaleidophon 2024, Ulrichsberg

26.4.24 – “A Carta”, for Soprano and Cello (German premiere). Andrea Conangla (soprano) & Manuela Ferrão (cello), @Casa Fernando Pessoa, Lisboa

30.4.24 – “A Carta”, for Soprano and Cello (**German premiere). w/ Andrea Conangla (soprano), Stuttgart

MAY
3.5.24 – w/ Eliad Wagner (mod synth) & Dan Peter Sundland (b), @Exploratorium, Berlin

6.5.24 – SOLO performance, @Labor Sonor, Berlin

7.5.24 – Borges, Rainer & Dunston, Blow Out! @Kafé Hærverk, Oslo

13.5.24 – Borges, Rainer & Dunston, PØKK, @Dokkhuset, Trondheim

20.5.24 – w/ Roland Fidezius, Tobias Delius and Shane Latimer, @PAS, Berlin

22.5.24 – Borges, Rainer & Dunston, @Brötz, Gothenburg

26.5.24 – Performative Screening: Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam – @Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

28.5.24 – TBA!, Berlin

JUNE

1.6.24 – w/ Dr. Nexus (vc), @Loophole, Berlin

4.6.24 – w/ Valentina Bordenave (dance), @REH, Berlin

6.6.24 – w/ Carlos Bechegas (fl), Guilherme Rodrigues (cl) & Rieko Okuda (p), @Kühlspot, Berlin

7.6.24 – solo performance, @TBA, Berlin

8.6.24 – w/ SORBD @Sowieso, Berlin

9.6.24 – w/ Peter van Huffel & Rieko Okuda @Kühlspot, Berlin

15.6.24 – w/ Camila Nebbia, @Picadeiro Jazz – Teatro S. Luiz, Lisbon

22-23.6.24 – Alexis Blake: CNBS – Solos, @Wiels, Brussels

28.6.24 – “Kassandra” – w/ Oona Kastner & Rieko Okuda, @Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld

30.6.24 – “Kassandra” – w/ Oona Kastner & Rieko Okuda, @Depot/Parzelle, Dortmund

JULI

3.7.24 – sOnic alcHemy: w/ Klaus Janek @Hosèk Contemporary – Berlin

6.7.24 – w/ SORBD @JazzAmKaisersteg – Berlin

6.7.24 -w/ Peter van Huffel & Rieko Okuda @PeppiGuggenheim – Berlin

11.7.24 – w/ Daniel Erdmann & Johannes Fink @Galerie “erstererster” – Berlin

14.7.24 – Emilio Gordoa’s: Music for the Cosmos. w/ Emilio Gordoa, Maximilian Glass, Eric Bauer, Felipe Araya @PAS – Berlin

18.7.24 – solo set @Morgenstund har guld i mund – Aarhus

18.7.24 – w/ Rieko Okuda & Anne Efternøler @SHARE – Aarhus

19.7.24 – w/ Bjørn Märcher Nitschke, Ada Rave & Maria Dybbroe @SHARE – Aarhus

19.7.24 – SORBD: Wild Peacock in Transit – record release! @RelativePitchRecords

29.7.24 – w/ Nico Chientarolli & Aaron Lumley @PerlaStudios, Amsterdam

AUGUST

3.8.24 – w/ Alessandra Eramo @NoNoise Festival/Sonoscopia – Porto

23 & 25.8.24 – Heiner Goebbels: ETHAWH. w/Gianni Gebbia, Cécile Lartigau, Nicolas Perrin & more @Salzburger Festspiele – Salzburg

28.8.24 – w/ Marc Schmoling & Els Vanderweyer: Kollektiv Nights @ Kunstfabrik Schlot – Berlin

30 & 31.8.24 – Rotary Perceptions II. w/ Ignaz Schick, Eliad Wagner, Stephan Roigk & Rabih Beaini @MorphineRaum – Berlin

SEPTEMBER

8.9 – w/Julius Windisch @Oberstübschen, Regen
12.9 – sOnic alcHemy: w/ Klaus Janek @libero pensiero, Lecco
13.9 – sOnic alcHemy: w/ Klaus Janek @Casa Stanata/Carovana091, Locarno
14.9 – sOnic alcHemy: w/ Klaus Janek and Ensemble Sous-Sol, @Spazio Elle/Carovana091, Locarno
15.9 – sOnic alcHemy: w/ Klaus Janek @tba, Locarno
16.9 – sOnic alcHemy: w/ Klaus Janek @Kofl, Castelrotto/Kastelruth
17.9 – sOnic alcHemy: w/ Klaus Janek @Südtiroler Künstlerbund, Bolzano/Bozen
20.9 – solo performance @SEANAPS Festival, Leipzig
27.9 – Re: 2nite: w/ Mia Dyberg, Brad Henkel, Antti Virtaranta @Sowieso, Berlim

and more TBA!