Sarah Neufeld

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Sarah Neufeld (Moers 2015)

Sarah Neufeld (born August 27, 1979 in East Vancouver ) is a Canadian violinist and composer who has emerged primarily in the field of post-rock and is strongly influenced by minimal music .

Act

Neufeld moved from East Vancouver to Montreal at the age of 18 . In 2002 she became a member of the band Arcade Fire , with which she still goes on tour. She also founded the Bell Orchester (with Richard Reed Parry and Pietro Amato ) . In 2009 she also joined The Luyas .

Since 2011 Neufeld has mainly pursued a solo career. In 2011 she began composing violin solos, using Béla Bartók , Steve Reich , Iva Bittová and Arthur Russell as role models. After her debut album, Hero Brother , which was produced in Berlin by Nils Frahm and released in 2013, she presented a duo album with saxophonist Colin Stetson , which she also presented at the Moers Festival in 2015 . With Stetson she also wrote the music for the film Blue Caprice . In 2016 she released a second solo album, The Ridge , on which she also used the violin to accompany her singing.

Discography

Under his own name

  • Hero Brother (2013)
  • Black Ground (2014, EP)
  • Sarah Neufeld / Colin Stetson Never Were the Way She Was (2015)
  • The Ridge (2016)

With Arcade Fire

With the Bell Orchester

  • Recording a Tape the Color of the Light (2005)
  • As Seen Through Windows (2009)

Web links

Commons : Sarah Neufeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gavin Edwards: The Magnificent Seven: Rolling Stones 2007 Feature on Arcade Fire | Music News . Rolling Stone. February 14, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Arcade Fire's Sarah Neufeld Announces Solo Album Hero Brother, Listen to a Track | News . Pitchfork. May 1, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ Zoladz Lindsay: Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld Talk Blue Caprice score . Pitchfork . September 13, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  4. ^ The Ridge - Paper Bag Records . Retrieved July 16, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Neufeld, Sarah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH East Vancouver