About

Sofia Borges is a percussionist, composer and improviser who has gained prominence through a wide range of international projects. As a solo performer, and in collaboration with the most diverse international artists in the fields of contemporary music, improvised music, free jazz and world music, she has performed in a variety of international festivals, including the Hamburger Klangwerktage, WOMAD — World of Music, Arts and Dance (Spain, Australia, the UK and New Zealand), Percpan — Panorama Percussivo Mundial (Brazil), Women Voices (Taiwan), ZKM next_generation (Karlsruhe), Cork Choral Festival (Ireland) and many others in Switzerland, Estonia, France, Portugal, Macau and Poland. For her compositions and performances, she brings together traditional and custom-made instruments and electronics configurations… read more

 

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28 January | B.O.T.A. Lisbon – Portugal

TBA

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27 January | SMUP, Parede Portugal

TBA

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21 January | 19:30 | Alte Mälzerei – Lichtenrade, Berlin

Reihe Denkbare Musik – Portraitkonzert “Sofia Borges”

Teil I

Sofia Borges (solo set) – percussion, electronics

Teil II

Trio Tuerlinckx – Mengersen – Borges

Anaïs Tuerlinckx (string box), Ulf Mengersen – double bass, Sofia Borges (Percussion)

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8 January 2022 | 20:00 | Villa Koriosum, Berlin

Sofia Borges (solo set) – percussion and electronics

alongside performaces from: Ass Rad, Kalash x Stadhouders, Moonx i: Murmured Mayhem and Uranes

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9, 10 Canceled, 23 January 2022 | 11:00 | Staadtstheater Cottbus

Das Welttierparlament – Musiktheater für Kinder

Andreas Simon (Musikalische Leitung, Klvier); Anna von Gehren (Regie); Mia Schröer (Bühne/Kostüm); Katharina Duda (Text/Dramaturgie); Hardy Brachmann (Waschbär); Nils Stäfe (Schildkröte); Jone Bolibar (Klarinette); (Sofia Borges (Schlagzeug); Jack Adler-McKean (Tuba)

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26, 30 December 2021 | 14:00 & 18:00 | Staadtstheater Cottbus

Das Welttierparlament – Musiktheater für Kinder

Andreas Simon (Musikalische Leitung, Klvier); Anna von Gehren (Regie); Mia Schröer (Bühne/Kostüm); Katharina Duda (Text/Dramaturgie); Hardy Brachmann (Waschbär); Nils Stäfe (Schildkröte); Jone Bolibar (Klarinette); (Sofia Borges (Schlagzeug); Jack Adler-McKean (Tuba)

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10 December 2021 | 20:00 | Kühlspot Social Club, Berlin

DAS WILDE KLINGEN 

Eutalia de Carvalho (voice), Lorena Izquierdo (voice, action), Silke Eberhard (clarinet), Edith Steyer (alto saxophone), Rieko Okuda (piano), Horst Nonnenmacher (bass), Sofia Borges (percussion), Lea Hoffmann, (dance) 

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10 December 2021 | 11:00 | Staadtstheater Cottbus Canceled

Das Welttierparlament – Musiktheater für Kinder

Andreas Simon (Musikalische Leitung, Klvier); Anna von Gehren (Regie); Mia Schröer (Bühne/Kostüm); Katharina Duda (Text/Dramaturgie); Hardy Brachmann (Waschbär); Nils Stäfe (Schildkröte); Jone Bolibar (Klarinette); (Sofia Borges (Schlagzeug); Jack Adler-McKean (Tuba)

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9 December 2021 | 20:00 | Petersburg Art Space, Berlin

Improvised Music

RED LIST ENSEMBLE

Guilherme Rodrigues (Cello), Michael Thieke (Clarinet), Richard Scott (Electronics), Rieko Okuda (Piano), Mia Dyberg (Alto Sax), Klaus Kürvers (Double Bass), Sofia Borges (Percussion), David Piersanti (Trombone), Julia Brüssel (Violin)

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4 December 2021 | 20:00 | Au Topsi Pohl, Berlin

SOKK
Gustavo Obligado (alto sax), Sofia Salvo (baritone sax), Christian Kühn (guitar, viola), Guido Kohn (cello)

& Sofia Borges (percussion)

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29 November 2021 | 19:30 | Stadtgarten Köln

Casey Moir (voice), Cansu Tanrikulu (voice), Elisabeth Coudoux (cello), Sofia Borges (percussion)

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27 November 2021 | 18:00 | Staadtstheater Cottbus

première: Das Welttierparlament – Musiktheater für Kinder

Andreas Simon (Musikalische Leitung, Klvier); Anna von Gehren (Regie); Mia Schröer (Bühne/Kostüm); Katharina Duda (Text/Dramaturgie); Hardy Brachmann (Waschbär); Nils Stäfe (Schildkröte); Jone Bolibar (Klarinette); (Sofia Borges (Schlagzeug); Jack Adler-McKean (Tuba)

More infos: click here

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24 November 2021 | 20:00 | Kühlspot Social Club, Berlin Canceled

DAS WILDE KLINGEN 

Eutalia de Carvalho (voice), Lorena Izquierdo (voice, action), Silke Eberhard (clarinet), Edith Steyer (alto saxophone), Rieko Okuda (piano), Horst Nonnenmacher (bass), Sofia Borges (percussion), Lea Hoffmann, (dance) 

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19-21.November .2021 2021 | 20:00 | Kühlspot Social Club, Berlin

CIRCUIT TRAINING XIII

Florian Bergmann (reeds), Nikolaus Neuser (trumpet), Elena Kakaliagou (french horn), Ignaz Schick (turntable, sampler, electronics), Eliad Wagner (analog synth, electronics), Anaïs Tuerlinckx (grand piano), Nick Dunston (double bass), Adam Goodwin (double bass), Klaus Kürvers (double bass), Emilio Gordoa (vibraphone, percussion), Sofia Borges (percussion)

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13 November 2021 | 18:00 | Staadtstheater Cottbus

première: Das Welttierparlament – Musiktheater für Kinder

Andreas Simon (Musikalische Leitung, Klvier); Anna von Gehren (Regie); Mia Schröer (Bühne/Kostüm); Katharina Duda (Text/Dramaturgie); Hardy Brachmann (Waschbär); Nils Stäfe (Schildkröte); Jone Bolibar (Klarinette); (Sofia Borges (Schlagzeug); Jack Adler-McKean (Tuba)

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6 November 2021 | 19:00 | Ausland (Berlin) – JUST ANOTHER BRUITAL NIGHT # II

Sofia Borges – solo set (percussion & electronics)

& EL SEGUNDO ES TERRIBLE meets BUSÆXUS, KRIS KULDKEPP, GUSTAVO OBLIGADO and ALEKS SLOTA

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6.10.2021 | 20:00 | PANDA Platform

Improvised Music

Anaïs Tuerlinckx (prepared piano); Ulf Mengersen (double bass); Sofia Borges (percussion); Linea (visuals)

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19.9.2021 | TBA, Berlin

Sheep&Fish – Creative Kids (creative music for children)

Uygur Vural (cello), Elisabetta Lanfredini (voice), Sofia Borges (Percussion)

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12.8.2021 | Donau115, Berlin

Practically Married #30

James Banner (Bbass), Declan Forde (piano), Nick Dunston (bass), Sofia Borges (percussion)

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