Harpist and composer Miriam Adefris has a special interest in textures and the relationship between sound and its environment. She is both classically trained and deeply rooted in London’s rich experimental and jazz music scenes, and works with the sound of the analogue harp and electronic processing. As well as her solo pieces, she has worked on a number of collaborations with artists including musician Floating Points, singer Ganavya, and multi-instrumentalist Shabaka Hutchings. For the Terrassensaal sound commission she takes inspiration from feelings of vastness and intimacy, and how they can coexist in the same time and space. Through sound she explores how there can be intimacy and detail within vastness, and how these contrasting states of being can evoke similar feelings within us, such as fear, vulnerability, serenity, sublimity, and connectedness.
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Miriam Adefris
Miriam Adefris is a harpist and composer based in London. She utilises the analogue harp sound and electronic processing, with an interest in textures and the reciprocity of sound and surrounding. Rooted in both improvisation and composed structures, her solo sets aim to immerse and create auditory experiences that offer alternate ways of connection. She amalgamates diverse musical influences which include studies of classical harp in Vienna and her immersion in London’s rich experimental and jazzmusic scene.Apart from playing her own music, collaborating with other artists as well as creating sound installations and music for visuals are a main focus of her work.
Since 2023, Miriam Adefris gained attention beyond UK boarders due to her work withelectronic musician Floating Points, singer Ganayva, multi-instrumentalist Shabaka Hutchings and others, touring around the world and playing at a wide range of festivals and venues like Sidney Opera House (AUS), Knockdown Center New York (US), Primavera Barcelona (ES), London Jazz Festival (UK), Xjazz! Festival Berlin (GER), Popfest Vienna (AT), Transmissions Ravenna (IT), C2C Festival Torino (IT) and many others.Miriam’s new project Flur, consisting of her, Isaac Robertson and Dillon Harrison, releasedtheir “spellbinding debut” (Pitchfork) on Paris-based label Latency in September 2025 to widespread critical acclaim