Magda Drozd, born in 1987 in Warsaw, is a Switzerland-based composer, violinist, and sound artist. On the label Präsens Editionen, she has released four solo music projects: Songs for Plants (LP, 2019), 18 Floors (LP, 2021), Viscera (EP, 2023), Divided by Dusk (LP, 2026).

Further releases followed on Hallow Ground for their compilation Epiphanies, on Flaming Pines for the concept album Cassette Album by Salomé Voegelin, and on her own label Rivercore.

Together with Nicola Genovese, she founded the duo Sopraterra, which released the LP Seven Dances to Embrace the Hollow on Präsens Editionen and La Becque Edition in 2025.

She has been touring solo and with the duo around Switzerland, Europe, Japan and South Africa and played at venues and festivals as Simultan Festival Timisoara, Cave 12 Geneve, Belluard Festival Fribourg, Tobira Records JP, OtoOto Tokio, C3 Milano, Cabaret Volta Tallinn, Chiesa di Pazzo Lupi Johannesburg and many more.

Drozd's sound installations have been shown at the OTO Sound Museum, Museomontagna Turin, Shedhalle Zurich and Helmhaus Zurich, among others. She also works regularly as a composer and musician for theater, dance and radio productions, most recently at the Luzerner Theater, Schauspielhaus Zurich, Berliner Ensemble, LAC Lugano, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, with directors as Yana Ross, Tom Kühnel, Simon Waldvogel and Stefanie Ramb.

As a composer, she has worked on projects with numerous other artists, such as Alice Bucknell and Veronika Spierenburg.

Drozd is also active in the association Initiative Freie Musikszene Zürich and co-initiated the residency program Studio Z4 in 2023, which she co-manages. She is the founder of Rivercore, a label for experimental music, ambient, soundscapes & more.

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Releases

2026, Divided by Dusk, solo LP, Präsens Editionen, cassette / digital
2025, 1 track for „Cassette Album“ curated by Salomé Voegelin, Flaming Pines, cassette / digital
2025, Sopraterra: Seven Dances to Embrace the Hollow, Präsens Editionen & La Becque Editions
2024, In Memoriam (Single), Rivercore Records, digital 2023, Viscera (EP), Präsens Editionen, digital
2022, Compilation: Ephiphanies, Hallow Ground, vinyl / digital
2021, 18 Floors (LP), Präsens Editionen, vinyl / digital
2020, Compilation: Make Some Room: Electronic Relief in Switzerland, digital
2019, Songs for Plants (LP), Präsens Editionen, vinyl / digital 

Solo Concerts (selection)
Zürich 2020–2026: Sonic Matter Festival, Walcheturm Zürich, Sonic Topologies Festival, Stadtsommer Zürich, Rhizom Festival, Les Digitales Zürich, Schönegg Variete, Helsinki Zürich, Bar 3000, GDS.FM, Grüntöne Festival Schauspielhaus,

Romandie & Ticino:
2024, Cave 12 Genf
2024, La Rada, Locarno, Quiet Quiet Festival
2023, La Straordinaria Lugano
2022, Belluard Festival Fribourg
2022, Spazio Lampo Chiasso
2022, Bongo Joe, Genf
2021, Association du Salopard Lausanne

Switzerland 
Aether Dampfzentrale Bern, Kaserne Basel, Sic Raum für Kunst Luzern, Echolot Festival Luzern, Industrie Luzern, Buffet Nord Bern, Südpol Luzern, Kaffee Kind Luzern, Café Littéraire Biel

International shows:
Simultan Festival Timisoara, Oto Nove Swiss Festival Paris/Les Instants Chavirés, Imbarchino Torino, Tobira Records Hojo Japan, Longslowdistance Kyoto Japan, Space Between Nürnberg, Naxos Frankfurt, Breezeblock Johannesburg, Mona München, Connecting Worlds Festival Cuneo, Italy

Sopraterra Concerts (selection) 2024 - 2025
Bad Bonn Kilbi, Currents Festival Zürich, Amboss & Steinbügel St. Gallen, Walcheturm Zürich, La Becque La Tour-de-Peilz, Otooto Tokyo, Give me little more Matsumoto Japan, ShinAiKan Teshima Japan, Aoihisuji Takamatsu JP, Chiesa di Pazzo Lupi Johannesburg, C3 Milano, Kampus Hybernska Prag, Cabaret Volta Tallinn

Ongoing collaborations
Sopraterra (duo with Nicola Genovese)

Compositions for video, art, radio (commissions)
2025, Small Void, game by Alice Bucknell, Copenhagen Contemporary
2023, murmur, performance exhibition by Ernestyna Orlowska, Studio Galeria Warszawa
2022, Die Entspannung, video by Veronika Spierenburg, Kunsthaus Zürich
2022, Das Brechen der Brote, radio play by Stefanie Ramb, Deutschlandfunk Kultur
2021, Over Time, Exhibition by Laura Pugno, MUSE – Science Museum, Trento (IT)
2021, Tracks, Exhibition by Laura Pugno, Fondazione Zegna, Biella (IT)
2021, Like Human, performance by Maja Renn, Schauspielhaus Zürich
2021, Fragmented Delicacies, video by Eljo J Carranza, various film festivals
2020, Side Walk Duel, video by Nicola Genovese, Helmhaus Zürich  

Composition for theater (commissions)
2025, Desireless, Atrium Durazzi, directed by Nicola Genovese
2025, Loriot: Früher war mehr Lametta, Luzerner Theater, directed by Tom Kühnel
2025, Surviving you always, LAC Lugano, Südpol Luzern, directed by Simon Waldvogel
2024, Sterben Kämpfen Lieben, Berliner Ensemble, directed by Yana Ross
2023, Der Brief an Dich, Südpol Luzern, choreography I-Fen Lin
2023, Liebes Arschloch, Schauspielhaus Zürich, directed by Yana Ross
2021, Jeder Tag ein Vollmond by Katja Brunner, Schauspielhaus Bochum
2021, Keep in Touch, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Maja Renn
2017/18, Divas, Tanzhaus Zürich, message salon embassy Zürich

Exhibitions / Performances / Projects
2023, Chronicles of Loss, duo exhibition, Museo Montagna Torino, curated by Andrea Lerda
2022, Herbal Audition, Sound performance with Salomé Voegelin, Sonic Topologies Festival Zürich
2022, Shivering, Sound performance and installation for Connecting Worlds Festival, Cuneo (Italy) & Tende (France)
2022, Calma Apparente sound performance, Oto Sound Museum, Wasserturm Zürich
2021, Talk with urban landscapes, group exhibition, Rindermarkt Zürich, curated by Léa Jullien
2021, Oto Sound Museum, digital solo exhibition, curated by Zairaoram Collective
2019, Hallo Hannah, group show, Shedhalle Zürich, curated by Mirjam Bayerdörfer & Franz Krähenbühl
2018, One is too few and two is only one possibility, exhibition with Milva Stutz, Lokal 14 Zürich
2018, Keine Zeit - Kunst aus Zürich, group exhibition, Helmhaus Zürich, curated by Daniel Morgenthaler 2017, Entführungen – Kunst, Wissenschaft und die DNA des Steinbocks, group exhibition, Zoological Museum and Nationalpark Zernez (CH), curated by Irene Hedigerv
2017, A Void in Voices, video screening, Koloritklangfestival Basel, Mikro Art Space Zürich, Tokyo University of Arts  

Residencies
2025, Landis & Gyr residency in London
2024, short production residency at La Becque with Sopraterra
2023, research trip, Pro Helvetia, Johannesburg
2019, The Residency by Cabaret Votaire Zürich 

Jury work
2022-2024, Pro Helvetia, Expert jury member for Multiply Perspectives / Critical Perspectives 
2023-2024, Ars Electronica, Expert jury member for the Production Grant Open Call 
2021-2022, Albert Köchlin Foundation, Expert jury member for the cultural project “Innereinen” 

Workshops
2021, 1-day sound workshop for kids at Schauspielhaus Zürich
2021, 5-day sound workshop for kids at Südpol Luzern with Cie Corsin Gaudenz

Teaching
2021, ZHdK, Performing Arts Department, Training, Volumen des Hörens 2
2020, ZHdK, Performing Arts Department, Training, Volumen des Hörens 1
2020/21, ZHdK, Performing Arts Department, mentoring of students

Curatorial Projects
2024 - 2026, co-curation of the sound residency program Studio Z4 at Initiative Freie Musikszene Zürich
2018 - 2022, Head of theater and performance, Curator for performing arts at Südpol Luzern
2013 - 2015 part of the artist and curator collective Friction