"As a composer, lyricist & vocalist we pretty much have to acknowledge that Sophie is a genuine triple threat."
- Slim & Michael Coyle, Cadence Magazine, New York , USA
"Sophie Dunér is a unique artist, a profoundly individual composer and a stunning singer."
- Michael Haas, award winning producer of Sophie´s new album
Fun video shooting of The Express Train at Grand Central Station in NYC
Fun video shooting of The ExpressTrain at Grand Central station in NYC together with Gene Pritsker. Looking forward to upcoming edited video – soon to be posted!
2018-12-19
BOLD TV | Sophie talks about music and art | Performs with Noah Lehrman
2018-12-15
BOLD TV in NYC! Stay tuned for upcoming segments next week!
At BOLD TV today in NYC! Stay tuned for upcoming segments from the show next week!
2018-12-14
Interview + performance on BOLD TV in NYC coming up today! Music and art talk
Swedish composer and vocalist Sophie Dunér performs a series of her own songs, self-described as an eclectic mix of jazz, pop and classical music, at Bar Thalia, Manhattan.
The City of Dizzy & The City of My Soul | Jazz da Gama
October recap: Raul da Gama of Jazz da Gama highlighted my latest chamber jazz CD productions in his 4 page feature of me; feeling proud of what he wrote about each CD!
“……stretching vocal and instrumental technique so that she not only fits the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, but seemingly all of the desperate fear and unbridled joy of human existence into every the extraordinary lyric. Miss Dunér’s attempt creates a new expression of Mr Mingus’ experience in a mash up of the surreal and a kind of modernist realism that is reminiscent of the kind of theatre of August Strindberg used to historicise and address social and political issues. ” – Jazz da Gama
“The expressive core of this album – which includes a brilliant version of Juan Tizol’s “Caravan” – is “Ugly Beautiful”, which conjures the famous ghost of Thelonious Monk. On this chart, Miss Dunér shows her breathtaking ability to indulge her vocalastics with a string quartet….This astounding recording was produced by the celebrated Michael Haas who spent more than three decades as executive producer at Decca Records – a decade of which he spent producing recordings for the great Georg Solti.” – Jazz da Gama
2018-11-14
COMING UP AT BAR THALIA / SYMPHONY SPACE. NYC ON DEC 21
BAR THALIA SOPHIE DUNÉR / MARK KOSTABI / GENE PRITSKER ‘ECLECTIC SONGS’ Dec 21 2018 | 9pm
Featured composer for Chorus 72, presented by Composers Concordance – Now available on Youtube
Very excited to hear my piece Pey Vav Yud performed! And feeling honored for my composer feature in this beautiful event:
Performed by The CompCord Chorus as part of ’72 Names’ art by Rainer Gross
Presented by Composers Concordance and The William Paterson University New Music Series
Monday, September 24, 2018, Shea Center for the Performing Arts
CompChord Chorus
Soprano: Jen Brounstein, Lauren Fowler- Calisto
Alto: Jamie Kleneysky Fay
Counter Tenor: Jordan Rutter
Tenor: Kris McCormick, Craig Sanphy
Baritone: Charles Coleman, David See
Anton Vishio – Accompanist
Peter Jarvis – Conductor
2018-10-23
Still very proud of my great 4 page feature in Jazz da Gama
“…..stretching vocal and instrumental technique so that she not only fits the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, but seemingly all of the desperate fear and unbridled joy of human existence into every the extraordinary lyric.” “Miss Dunér’s attempt creates a new expression of Mr Mingus’ experience in a mash up of the surreal and a kind of modernist realism that is reminiscent of the kind of theatre of August Strindberg used to historicise and address social and political issues.” – Jazz da Gama, September 2018
Celebrating Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya: “Captain Crunch” by Sophie Dunér
On the occasion of the 120. th birthday of the great Lotte Lenya, I take the opportunity to post my Kurt Weill inspired piece “Captain Crunch”:
2018-10-16
Collaboration with composer José Luís Greco
Thrilled over my collaboration together with great composer José Luís Greco:
“…Sophie´s voice is as exciting as a roller coaster. It feels like danger, like she´s going to go flying off the rails, but one is constantly reassured that she´s securely attached, firmly grounded. So many registers, colors, so much humor, and sometimes melancholy, all coming out of that golden throat of hers! Truly amazing.”
