Events Past Events
8.March.2018
BCN impro fest – Barcelona, Spain
Paulo Chagas (Alto Sax)
Fernando Simões (Trombone)
Sofia Borges (Percussion)
18 & 19 January.2018
SOWIESO (Weisestr. 24 12049 Berlin – Germany)
Tawny Port Collective & The Waka/Jawaka Band
18.1.2018 | 20:30
I
Paulo Chagas (Alto Sax)
Fernando Simões (Trombone)
Cansu Tanrıkulu (Voice)
Luca Aaron (Guitar)
Sofia Borges (Percussion)
II
Paulo Chagas (Alto Sax)
Fernando Simões (Trombone)
Emilio Gordoa (Vibraphone)
Dag Magnus Narvesen (Drums)
19.1.2018 | 20:30
Paulo Chagas (Alto Sax)
Fernando Simões (Trombone)
Sofia Borges (Percussion)
Mia Dyberg (Alto Sax)
Christian Marien (Drums)
Matthias Müller (Trombone)
Jonathan Nagel (Double bass)
5.December.2017
Kulturforum – Berlin – Germany
20:00h – Kulturforum B1 – Belziger Str. 1, 10823 Berlin
Sounds, Spaces, Traces
Saadet Türköz: voc
Sofia Borges: perc
Horst Nonnenmacher: b
>>more info
2.December.2017
Petersburg Artspace Berlin -Berlin – Germany
Trio Gkika, Tallone, Borges
Penelope Gkika – violin
Sofia Borges – percussion, objects
Caroline Cecilia Tallone – hurdy-gurdy, amplified objects
>>more infos
26.November.2017
Outonal – Ciclo de Música Improvisada
Igreja do Imaculado Coração de Maria – Casal Moinho/Peniche – Portugal
Camerata MIA:
Paulo Chagas: alto sax
Fernando Simões: trombone
Helena Espvall: cello
Manel Guimarães: piano
Sofia Borges: percussion
>>more infos soon!
19.November.2017
Festival Tempo al Tempo #2017
exit_lab – Brussels – Belgium
Pat Lugo – voice, poetry
Marco Loprieno – contrabass clarinet, sopranino sax, electronics
Sofia Borges – percussion
14.November.2017
Kühlspot Social Club – Berlin – Germany
The Little Kidders
Two musicians based in Brussels – Pat Lugo and Marco Loprieno – will meet three musicians based in Berlin – Edith Steyer, Sofia Borges and Milena Kipfmüller. The quintet will blend poetry, text, bird calls, free improvised music and radio art to create a landscape of sound in which words and their meaning will play an important role in defining the narrative of the performance.
Pat Lugo – voice, poetry, text
Marco Loprieno – contrabass clarinet, sopranino sax, light electronics, bird calls, toys
Sofia Borges – percussion, toys, found objects
Edith Steyer – alto sax
Milena Kipfmüller – samples, radio, field recording, live electronics
>>Kühlspot Social Club (adress and infos)
12.November.2017
Labor Neunzehn – Berlin – Germany
Labor Neunzehn presents Cluster #6: a “program focused on the correspondence between the compositional and the performative practices”.
Sofia Borges (solo) – percussion, objects, music boxes, electronics
Emilio Gordoa Rodriguez (solo) – prepared vibraphone and speakers
31.October.2017
t-Berlin – Berlin – Germany
Penelope Gkika – violin
Amélie Legrand – cello
Ulf Mengersen – double bass
Sofia Borges – percussion
21-24.September.2017
Tenso Days – Nova Gorica – Slovenia
New piece for the Latvian Radio Choir
>>more infos soon!
7-10.September.2017
Theater: “Call me Queen” – Ballhaus Naunynstraße – Berlin – Germany
Directed and written by Thandi Sebe
Stage design: Marian Nketiah
Dramaturgy: Iury Trojaborg
Cast: Victoire Laly, Thandi Sebe
Sound Design: Sofia Borges
Video: Tim Foresta
5.August.2017
Donau115 – Donaustraße 115, 12043 Berlin – 20:30
Ayşe Cansu Tanrıkulu – Voice/Electronics
Megan Jowett – Viola
Paul Santner – Guitar
Declan Forde – Piano
James Banner – Bass
Sofia Borges – Percussion/Electronics
+ special guest(s)
29.June.2017
Neu West Berlin – Kurfürstenstr. 145, 10785 Berlin – 21h, doors open 20h
“Das wilde Klingen – International minifestival”
Edith Steyer: as, cl
Eutália de Carvalho: vox
Rieko Okuda: p, vln
Sofia Borges: perc
Horst Nonnenmacher: b
Antti Virtaranta: b
15.June.2017
Spektrum – 20:30, Berlin
Sofia Borges – solo performance (percussion, objects, electronics)
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Ignaz Schick (turntables) & Sudarshan Chandra Kumar (voice, electronics)
>>more infos
13.June.2017
Blurred Edges 2017 – Festival für aktuelle Musik Hamburg
“Moving Landscapes” – 20:00, MS Stubnitz – Hamburg, Germany
Sofia Borges (electronics, objects), Dag Magnus Narvesen (drums, percussion)
>>more infos
25-28.May.2017
Theater: “Call me Queen” – Ballhaus Naunynstraße – Berlin – Germany
Directed and written by Thandi Sebe
Stage design: Marian Nketiah
Dramaturgy: Iury Trojaborg
Cast: Victoire Laly, Thandi Sebe
Sound Design: Sofia Borges
Video: Tim Foresta
>>more infos
12-14. May.2017
Improvisations (percussion and electronics) at M.I.A. – Atouguia da Baleia, Portugal
>>more infos
28-29.April.2017
“Permanente Beunruhigung Vol. III” – Ballhaus Naunynstrasse – Berlin, Germany
with: Sofia Borges, Isabel Gonzalez Toro, Silvia Ospina, Juliana Piquero
>>more infos
18.April.2017
tBerlin, Berlin – Germany
Improvisations with:
Elisabetta Lanfredini, voice and electronics
Sofia Borges, percussion and electronics
Nicola Hein, guitar
Uygur Vural, cello
31.March.2017
KÜHLSPOT SOCIAL CLUB – Berlin, Germany
“Someday my Impro has come”
>>more infos
17.January.2017
Live at Miss Hecker, 20:00 – Berlin, Germany
Elisabetta Lanfredini (voice), Sofia Borges (percussion, electronics) Lan Cao (zither and samples), Matthias Müller (trombone) + guests
Please, email for details
26.January.2017
Abschlussonzert “Klangradar Berlin – Kompositionslabor Schule
Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germany
Akademie der Künst
Hanseatenweg 10
10557 Berlin-Tiergarten
September.2016 – January.2017
Guest Composer at “Klangradar Berlin – Kompositionslabor Schule” – Berlin, Germany
19-22.October.2016
Music for the new choreography by Regina Rossi
Kampnagel – Hamburg, Germany
Regina Rossi, Gaëtane Douin, Nora Elberfeld, Angela Kecinski, Regina Rossi, Silvana Suarez Cedeño, Greta Granderat, Franziska Schnoor, Sérgio Pessanha, Sofia Borges
09.July.2016
XXIV.Randfestspiele 2016 Berlin, Germany
Retratos III, for trumpet and electronics (2010)
trumpet: Nathan Plante; electronic: Sofia Borges
05.February.2016
Premiere “Schrei, for 12 voices” – Le Temple Grignan – Marseille, France
vocal ensemble: Musicatreize; conductor: James Wood
04-05.February.2016
Selected to take part in the TENSO Young Composers Workshop
Marseille – 2nd round, France
28.January.2016
Abschlussonzert Klangradar Berlin – Kompositionslabor Schule
Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germany
September.2015-January.2016
Guest Composer at “Klangradar Berlin – Kompositionslabor Schule” – Berlin, Germany
05.May.2015
Premiere “L’Homme Machine, Festival Música Viva – Miso Music, Lisbon, Portugal
Electronic solo performance by Sofia Borges, for twelve tune music box-o-phon and electronics
20.May.2015
Guest at ESML Composition Week, Lisbon, Portugal
Retratos III, for trumpet and electronics (2010)
trumpet: Micael Pereira; electronic: Sofia Borges
May.2015
Selected to take part in the TENSO Young Composer Workshop, Tenso Days Mechelen – 1st round, Belgien
04.April.2015
Tchi-Kudum: Zoon Politikon with Regina Rossi, Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Berlin, Germany
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