https://sarapersico.cargo.site Sara Persico Wed, 04 May 2022 09:26:35 +0000 https://sarapersico.cargo.site en https://sarapersico.cargo.site/About-1 Wed, 04 May 2022 09:26:35 +0000 Sara Persico https://sarapersico.cargo.site/About-1 Sara Persico is a sound artist, composer and performer from Napoli (south of Italy)&nbsp; whose work centres on voice, analog electronics and field recordings. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Voice and Performance from the Conservatory of Napoli (2012) and a Master’s Degree from the Conservatory of Bologna (2015). Sara has participated in numerous artist residencies, including Tempo Studio (Lisbon, 2018), Amplify Berlin (2021), Summersessions (Argentiera, 2022), Goethe Institut (Beirut, 2023), MusicBoard Berlin (Kampala, 2023), and Mutant Radio (Tbilisi, 2024). Her performances have been featured at prominent festivals and venues such as Berlin Atonal, documenta fifteen, Ballroom Blitz Beirut, CTM Festival, Nyege Nyege Festival, Ormside Projects, Dancity Festival, and Santarcangelo Festival. She has collaborated with a diverse array of artists, including performing with Evelyn Saylor’s vocal ensemble for Caterina Barbieri’s light-years at Rewire Festival and London’s Southbank Centre, and working with artists like Elvin Brandhi,&nbsp; Ziúr, Tony Elieh, Ludwig Wandinger, Dirar Kalash, and Francesca Grilli. Sara's acclaimed solo debut album, Boundary, was released in March 2023 on Karlrecords, and her new album Sphaîra was released in February 2025 on Subtext Recordings. She is among the artists selected by the Shape+ Platform, a European initiative supporting innovative music and art, for 2023/24. Residencies, Scholarships and Prizes 2025 Videocittà Awards 2024 Echo Residenze Territoriali, Sambuca di Sicilia (IT)2023/24 Shape+ Platform, (EU) 2024 Mutant Radio and Shape+, Tbilisi (GE) 2023 Music Board Berlin and Nyege Nyege, Kampala (UG) 2023 Goethe Institut, Beirut (LE) 2022&nbsp;Musikfonds e.V. - Neustart Kultur (DE) 2022+2025&nbsp;Sonoscopia, Porto (PT) 2022 Sardegna Teatro, Argentiera (IT) 2021 Amplify Berlin, Acud Macht Neu (DE)2020 MultiMadeira, Funchal (PT)2018 Temp Studio, Lisbon (PT) Selected Performances WeSa Seoul (KR) 2025 Wos Festival (ES) 2025 Le Guess Who? Utrecht Romaeuropa Festival (IT) 2025 Sónar Istanbul, (TR)&nbsp;2025 Nuits Sonores - Lyon (FR) 2025 Nextones - Val d’Ossola (IT) 2025&nbsp;Berlin Atonal, (DE) 2024&nbsp; Madre Museum, Napoli (IT) 2024 schiev Festival, Brussels (BE) 2024 Hybrid Festival, Groningen (NL) 2024 Berghain Kantine, Berlin (DE) 2023 Cairo Jazz Club, Cairo (EG) 2023 Nyege Nyege Fest, Jinja (UG) 2023 CTM Festival, Berlin (DE) 2023 documenta fifteen, Kassel (DE) 2022 Wiener Festwochen, Vienna (AT) 2022 Rewire, The-Hague (NL) 2022 Re-Textured, London (UK) 2022 Dancity Festival, Foligno (IT) 2021 Santarcargelo Festival, Italy 2018 https://sarapersico.cargo.site/Listen Wed, 04 May 2022 09:26:35 +0000 Sara Persico https://sarapersico.cargo.site/Listen Sound <img width="2814" height="1672" width_o="2814" height_o="1672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18384a44fa9502409fa851f262ebff28f1d6450e119df1fe9970ed267051630e/Sphaira-Audiovisual-Performance-with-Mika-Oki.png" data-mid="233240783" border="0" data-scale="97" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18384a44fa9502409fa851f262ebff28f1d6450e119df1fe9970ed267051630e/Sphaira-Audiovisual-Performance-with-Mika-Oki.png" /> Berlin Atonal, video still courtesy of Hiroo Tanaka Sphaîra AV with Mika Oki audiovisual performance Discography Sheen Lurk - Elvin Brandhi x Sara Persico, 2025 (Superpang) Sphaîra, 2025 (Subtext Recordings)Estate V/A, 2025 (Akhet) Boundary, 2023 (Karlrecords) Dreamwork, Tedium V/A (A Flooded Need) Bellwether Ghost Bath Remix, Plead by John Object Installations Brutal Threshold, 10’&nbsp; Madre Museum 2024 https://sarapersico.cargo.site/Shows-1 Wed, 04 May 2022 09:26:35 +0000 Sara Persico https://sarapersico.cargo.site/Shows-1 <img width="1062" height="1350" width_o="1062" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/027960847fcecda97e85a9bb56631b990a797e1745c5f317edb670c9baf0ec79/Screenshot-2025-05-13-at-11.23.28.PNG" data-mid="233240150" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/027960847fcecda97e85a9bb56631b990a797e1745c5f317edb670c9baf0ec79/Screenshot-2025-05-13-at-11.23.28.PNG" /> <img width="874" height="1136" width_o="874" height_o="1136" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e82a83cc2cf74e00281c9dab2b9b400b8b4add64fd7352974c16bec3183e99c/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-18.02.39.png" data-mid="242596714" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/874/i/0e82a83cc2cf74e00281c9dab2b9b400b8b4add64fd7352974c16bec3183e99c/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-18.02.39.png" /> Upcoming Shows 2026 28.01 CTM Festival, Berlin 31.01 100_Ve, CS Rivolta&nbsp;22.02 Lumen Project, Stockholm 16.05 BAO, Brescia 202522.01 L'Aquila ❃07.02 ZDB, Lisbon ❃08.02 Passos Manuel, Porto ❃15.02 Belgrade ❃28.02 kwia, Berlin ☾22.03 Le Relais, Paris ❃28.03 Invision, Milan ❃02.04 Morphine Raum, Berlin ^22.04 Kiosk Radio, Brussels ☾26.04 ACUD, Berlin ☾09.05 Sónar Istanbul ✷17.05 Water Me Project, Munich ❃23.05 Botanique, Brussels ✷29.05 KM28, Berlin ^30.05 Nuits Sonores, Lyon ✷31.05 FIBER, Amsterdam ✷14.06 Sónar, Barcelona ✷19.06 TBA, Berlin20.06 BAO festival, Brescia ❃21.06 TBA, BE ✷19.07 Nextones, IT ✷28.08 Berlin Atonal for Ziur &amp; Sandi's show ❃12.09 WOS Festival ✷19.09 w/Gabriele Mitelli - Signal, Cagliari26.09 Romaeuropa ❃27.09 Motelsalieri, Milano ❃05.10 Una Boccata d'Arte - Finissage, Burcei23.10 Lunchmeat Festival, Prague ✷24.10 Sonic Territories, Vienna ✷01.11 Sonda Festival, Brno ❃07.11 Le Guess Who? ✷15-18.11 WESA Festival, Seoul&nbsp;❃15.12 FK Normality, Roma (dj)18.12 La Communale Saint-Ouen, Paris ✷ ❃ solo live set☾ dj set✷ Sphaîra A/V with Mika Oki^ Gruppo di Improvvisazione Giallo (with Hanno Leichtmann, Valerio Tricoli, Magda Mayas) 2024 05.01 Smup x Casa Amarela, Lisbon ❃19.01 A4, Bratislava ❃02.02 schiev Festival, Brussels ✯09.02 Teatro delle Bellezze, Roma ❃22.02 OCCII x Subbachultcha, Amsterdam ❃24.02 Hybrid Festival, Groningen ❃22.03 Takseer x Panke, Berlin ✯04.04 La Station, Paris ❃13.04 Akhet x Museo Nitsch, Napoli ❃25.04 No Stone x Panke, Berlin ✯24.05 Mutant Radio, Tbilisi ❃25.05 Centre-Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris ✯29.05 Museo Madre, Napoli *06.06 Construction Festival, Lisbon ❃08.06 Festival Domingo, Madrid ^29.06 Dampfzentrale, Bern ❃05.07 Sien Festival, Almaty ❃15.08 Cairo Jazz Club ✯25.08 Berlin Atonal01.09 MAXXI, L'aquila ❃07.09 Tetovo, North Macedonia ✯13.09 Cripta747, Torino ❃14.09 Opera Festival, Poznan ❃15.09 stromspiesser, Essen ❃19.09 Monopol, Berlin ❃20.09 Conflux Festival, Rotterdam ❃27.09 Avant Art Festival, Warsaw ❃28.10-3.11 Ortigia Sound System, Sicily ❃23.11 Overkill festival, Enschede ❃19.12 Ex-Ospedale Militare, Napoli ❃20.12 Perditempo (Napoli) x Noods Radio ✯21.12 Fischio, Roma ✯ ❃ live set✯ dj set^ live set premiere*sound installation 2023 5.01 w/ Elvin Brandhi, La Casaforte, Napoli ❃6.01 Auditorium Novecento, Napoli ✯7.01 EXP, Roma ✯4.02 CTM festival, RSO, Berlin ✯26.02 Arkaoda, Berlin ❃04.03 Club Mutante, London ❃31.03 Haunter Records, Milano ❃01.04 Frequent Defect, Beirut ✯14.04 Irtijal, Beirut ❃15.04 No Glucose, Bologna ❃22.04 Amek Collective, Sofia ❃04. 05 OHM, Berlin ❃06.05 Scugnizzo Liberato, Napoli ✯12.05 La Mutant, Valencia ❃19.05 w/The Most Unusual Things, KM28, Berlin ❃24.05 w/The Most Unusual Things, Hosek Contemporary, Berlin ❃25.05 Kantine am Berghain, Berlin ❃10.05 Nyege Nyege, Panke, Berlin ✯8.07 Mistica Festival, Roma ✯28.07 Bukolika Festival, Přelouč ✯11.08 Sanatorium of Sound, Sokołowsko ✯04.08 w/Elvin Brandhi, Sowieso, Berlin ❃26.08 CURA festival, Grottaglie ❃29.08 Meet Factory x Shape, Prague ✯31.08 w/Chrisman, Pop Kultur, Berlin ❃09.09 Fylkingen, Stockholm ❃03.10 LOFT, Kölln ❃12.10 Zebra Film Festiva, Berlin ❃14.10 Sonic Territories, Rhiz, Vienna ❃26.10 workshop at Museo Madre, Napoli ❃28.10 Roter Salon x Psychic Liberation, Berlin ❃04.11 Platform Wolff, Bucharest ✯9-12.11 Nyege Nyege Fest, Jinja ❃26.12 Cairo Jazz Club ❃❃ live set✯ dj set