Maya Shenfeld is a Jerusalem-born, Berlin-based composer and musician. Her music is as powerfully evocative as it is strikingly intimate, exploring the intersection of musical production methods derived from popular, electronic, and experimental music, as well as temporality, focus, and somatic listening. She is a graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and the University of the Arts (UdK) Berlin, where she completed an MA in classical guitar and contemporary music composition. Through a mastery of sound sculpting and visionary approach to composition Shenfeld has established herself as one of the most vital voices in Berlin’s New Music scene. Her work exists in liminal spaces, collapsing the boundaries between electronic synthesis and organic sound as it draws equally from classical tradition and underground experimentalism. Each aspect of her output, from site-specific sound installations to works for new music ensembles and even playing guitar in punk bands, combines an astute technical prowess with an authentic, tangible expression of soul. In 2022, she scored two short films, Piazza Futura and The Flagmakers, the latter of which won an Emmy Award. Maya Shenfeld released two records on the US label Thrill Jockey, Under the Sun (2024) and In Free Fall (2022).
Maya Shenfeld is presented as part of SHAPE+