Sophie Auster
Sophie Auster (born July 6, 1987 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American singer/songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt.
Early life
Sophie Auster is the daughter of authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt.[1]
At the age of eight, Auster began to take singing lessons. A year later she had a very small part in a film and by the age of twelve she began acting lessons at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.[citation needed]
Career
Auster was sixteen when she recorded her first record. The album was a collaboration between Sophie and Brooklyn based musicians Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp of the musical duo One Ring Zero. Using her writer father, Paul Auster's, early translations of French Surrealist poets, along with two original lyrics written by Auster herself, the poetic lines of Tristan Tzara, Paul Eluard, Robert Desnos, Philippe Soupault and Guillaume Apollinaire became songs set to music by Hearst and Camp.[2][3][4]
The collaboration began as a side project Auster pursued after school and on weekends. It was never intended for wide public consumption, but when a family friend heard the album, she was so impressed; she offered to release it under the French label Naïve Records. The album quickly made its way from France into other countries in Europe and beyond. Her subsequent self-titled album is Sophie Auster.
In July 2006 Auster was on the cover of the Spanish issue of Rolling Stone magazine. In 2007, Ashe began writing with writer/musician Barry Reynolds, who has worked with Rufus Wainwright, Marianne Faithfull, Antony and the Johnsons, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Grace Jones. The two formed a fast friendship and they have been collaborating ever since. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 2010 Sophie began recording again. Sophie's self-produced record, "Red Weather", was released November 13, 2012 through Lost Colony Music. Auster's latest full-length LP, Dogs and Men, was released in June 2015 via Sony Red. "Dogs and Men" came out to rave reviews and in 2016 Sophie was a grand prize recipient in The John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her song "Little Bird".
Discography
- 2005: Sophie Auster
- 2012: Red Weather[5]
- 2015 "Dogs and Men"
Filmography
- 1998: Lulu on the Bridge (by Paul Auster) – Sonia Kleinman
- 2005: As Smart As They Are: The Author Project (by Joe Pacheco) – herself
- 2007: The Inner Life of Martin Frost (by Paul Auster) – Anna James
- 2010: Circuit (by Xavier Ribera) – Ana
- 2010: The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (by Zeina Durra) – Savina
- 2011: Stealing summers (by David Martin-Porras) – Alexandra
- 2012: Grand Street (by Lex Sidon) – Jessica
- 2012: Nous York (by Hervé Mimran and Géraldine Nakache)
- 2014: Indiana (by Toni Comas) – Linda
- 2014: The Story of the Invisible (by Shirley Monsarrat)
- 2015: "Mozart in The Jungle"-Gabrielle (Amazon Prime)
References
- ^ Denes, Melissa (February 3, 2006). "The dark side of happiness". The Guardian.
- ^ "Sophie Auster". amazon.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ "Sophie Auster: Ready For 'Red Weather'". wnyc.org. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ Brendt, Logan. "Q&A with SOPHIE AUSTER". thecix.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ Maine, David. "Sophie Auster: Red Weather". popmatters.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Brooklyn
- Actresses from New York City
- Singers from New York City
- American female singer-songwriters
- American alternative rock musicians
- American people of Norwegian descent
- American people of Polish-Jewish descent
- Sarah Lawrence College alumni
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century American singers
- Songwriters from New York