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Josephine Stephenson
Born1990
Les Lilas, France
NationalityFrench and British
Occupation(s)composer, arranger, singer, instrumentalist
Websitejosephinestephenson.com

Josephine Stephenson (born 1990) is a French-British composer, arranger, singer and instrumentalist who works across a variety of musical genres.[1]

Early life and education

Stephenson learned cello and piano as a child, and as a teenager attended the Maîtrise de Radio France (the choir school of Radio France).[2] After briefly studying Philosophy at the Sorbonne University in Paris,[3] she moved to the UK where she attended Clare College, University of Cambridge as a choral scholar and received a Bachelor’s degree in Music. She later obtained a Master’s degree in Composition from the Royal College of Music, having studied under Kenneth Hesketh.[4] In 2017-2019 she was a 'Writing The Future' composer with the London Sinfonietta.[5]

Career

During her Masters studies, Stephenson's orchestration was likened to Claude Vivier,[6] and her first short opera On False Perspective was staged in the Britten Theatre, co-produced by Tête à Tête and the Royal College of Music.[7]

In 2015 she collaborated with FellSwoop Theatre on a devised piece of musical theatre, Ghost Opera, first performed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival[8] and developed with The Lowry.[9] In the same year she won ‘Best Composer’ at Underwire Film Festival for her work on the short film Emma, Change The Locks.[10]

In 2016 Stephenson was commissioned by Radio France to write a piece for the Maîtrise, Ce n'était pas nous, premiered at the Maison de la Radio.[11]

She contributed to the world’s first concerto for drum machine and orchestra in 2018, in a night curated by Nonclassical at Village Underground.[12] The same year, after working with the band Daughter,[13] Stephenson became part of singer Elena Tonra's new band, Ex:Re, playing cello, providing backing vocals, and arranging songs.[14]

Stephenson's song cycle Une Saison en Enfer, on text by Arthur Rimbaud, was written for and premiered by Allan Clayton, Aurora Orchestra, and conductor Brett Dean at the Wigmore Hall in London, December 2019.[15]

She is one of the three artistic directors of the London-based concert series and record label Listenpony, alongside Freya Waley-Cohen and William Marsey.[16]

Album contributions

Year Artist Album Role Label
2016 Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool soprano (with London Contemporary Orchestra) XL recordings
2018 Jon Hopkins Singularity solo vocal on “Feel First Life” Domino
2018 Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino piano Domino
2018 We Were Evergreen Overseas string arrangements Because Music
2018 Ana Silvera Oracles singer, choir leader, arrangements Gearbox Records
2018 James Living in Extraordinary Times choir Infectious Music
2018 Thom Yorke Suspiria soprano (with London Contemporary orchestra) XL Recordings
2018 Ex:Re Ex:Re cello, backing vocals 4AD
2019 Hayden Thorpe Diviner backing vocals Domino
2019 Thom Yorke Anima soprano (with London Contemporary orchestra) XL Recordings
2019 Lisa Hannigan and stargaze Live in Dublin arrangements on “Nowhere to Go” and “Little Bird” PIAS Recordings
2019 Shards Find Sound soprano Erased Tapes Records
2020 James Righton The Performer piano, farfisa, additional string arrangements DeeWee Records
2020 NZCA Lines Pure Luxury string arrangements Memphis Industries

References

  1. ^ "What does it mean to be a composer today?". Gramophone. 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ Christian, Wasselin (15 March 2016). "C'EST ELLE, JOSÉPHINE". Maison de la Radio (in French).
  3. ^ "Josephine Stephenson on composition". Brittensinfonia.com. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Josephine Stephenson". British Music Collection. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  5. ^ "Writing the Future". London Sinfonietta. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  6. ^ Wright, Katie (21 September 2013). "Sinfonia d'Amici/Harry Ogg with Emily Ross at LSO St Luke's – Twilight Works: world premiere of Josephine Stephenson's Abend". Classical Source.
  7. ^ "Brilliance five ways: Hogarth's Stages at the Royal College of Music". Bachtrack.
  8. ^ Elise, Ortega (18 July 2015). "GHOST OPERA, UN PROJET BIEN RÉEL". Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence.
  9. ^ "COMPOSER ON GHOST OPERA'S 'DEVELOPED WITH' JOURNEY SO FAR…". 12 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Unerwire Festival: And the winners are..." Underwire Festival. 23 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Joséphine Stephenson : "Ce n'était pas nous" sous la direction de Morgan Jourdain". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  12. ^ "Writing a concerto for a drum machine..." Nonclassical. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  13. ^ Hooton, Christopher (19 April 2018). "Exclusive: Watch Daughter's beautiful one-take video for 'All I Wanted'". The Independent.
  14. ^ Stephenson, Josephine (1 December 2019). "Live Review: Ex:Re and the 12 Ensemble // Kings Place, London". RIOT.
  15. ^ Karlin, David (5 December 2019). "World premiere of Josephine Stephenson's Une Saison en Enfer lights up Aurora at Wigmore Hall". Bachtrack.
  16. ^ Pianist, The Cross-Eyed (2016-09-17). "Listenpony releases its first live EP". The Cross-Eyed Pianist. Retrieved 2020-07-06.

External links

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