I am a musician, writer, librettist, songwriter, composer and sound designer from Oxford, UK, now based in Berlin, Germany. Coming from a poetic folk song tradition, my work also draws from electronic and classical music, specialising in ethereal strings, complex electronic beats, dream-like piano chords and expressive lyrics. I am a queer Jewish artist interested in collaborating across cultures, languages and disciplines.
In my songs, pieces and collaborative works I seek to create a space in which highly personal and deeply political stories can be told. My debut album ‘Letters from the Border’ was released in 2019 on Nonostar Records and received wide critical acclaim, praised for its orchestration and words; it was listed among Curve Ball Radio’s top albums of 2019 and its title track was nominated for an International Songwriting Award. In 2022 I released the Studies EP in collaboration with multidisciplinary artist Andrea Huyoff. I am currently co-writing songs for a forthcoming solo record. I also wrote the libretto for Josephine Stephenson’s opera ‘Three Lunar Seas’, which premiered at Grand Opera Avignon in 2023, addressing the climate crisis by retelling myths about the moon. In 2024 I co-wrote much of Alex Stolze’s instrumental album Raash ve Ruach (Neue Meister). I am also composing soundtracks and sound design for theatre and film installations and collaborating on new works, such as the Tokyo premiere of ‘Kaguya: the daughter tree’ (libretto by Ben Osborn, music by Josephine Stephenson) and related projects including ‘Ulster American’ at Schaubühne in 2024.
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Theatre production at Schaubühne, Berlin, 2024.
Listen to examples of my work for dance, theatre, film, podcasts and installations here:
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Theatre performance, Ost Passage Theater, Leipzig.
Listen to examples of my work for dance, theatre, film, podcasts and installations here:
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Theatre piece by Marco Layera, Berlin Schaubühne.
Listen to examples of my work for dance, theatre, film, podcasts and installations here:
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Dance perforamnce. Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn, Feb. 2026
Listen to examples of my work for dance, theatre, film, podcasts and installations here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/nafP29NRockf2Agc5Y
Dance peformance, Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn, Feb. 2026
Listen to examples of my work for dance, theatre, film, podcasts and installations here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/nafP29NRockf2Agc5Y
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