Bio & News
Sofia Salvo is a baritone saxophone player and improviser dedicated to noise, free jazz and experimental music. Her first solo release "ROTAROTA" released on Relative Pitch Records in 2024 showcases her vibrant and unique approach to the instrument.
Born and raised in Buenos Aires and based in Berlin since 2019, she became a very active part of the city's alternative scene. Her newest project "YEXXEN" includes musicians from the punk and DIY scene and was premiered in the last edition of A L'arme festival.
Alongside the saxophone, she explores composition with electronic devices as can be heard in live performances with "ESETv3" and "Seriously? wow"as well as in in the sketches in her Soundcloud.
She co-curates "Revuelta Series" and "Future Bash Series" besides other alternative events in Berlin.
Among many other projects, she's part of Christian Kuhn's "Kuhn Fu" and Robert Lucaciu's "Fallen Crooner".
Sofia has also been teaching saxophone and music lessons since 2010.
Portrait: © Daniela Haikins
Dates
- 25.03.25
Playing as a guest with Michael Foster, Joey Sullivan and Webb Crawford, Blow Out series, Oslo NO
- 27.03.25
- 28.03.25
- 02.04.25
Duet with Megan Jowett, Richten 25, Berlin DE
- 04.04.25
- 05.04.25
- 06.04.25
News
- 04.02.25
ESETv3 my electronic duet with Kido Gohn goes on a little tour joining the Amorphq crew
- 17.10.24
Premiere of "I pity the garden" directed by Nazanin Noori in Maxim Gorki Theater
- 24.05.24
"ROTAROTA", out in Relative Pitch Records, is my first baritone sax solo material.
Selected past events
2024 - A'larme Festival Berlin, trio with Keiji Haino and Paal Nilssen-Love
2024 - A'larme Festival Berlin, premiere of YEXXEN
2024 - Silent Green (Sola)
2023 - Jazzwerkstatt Bern (Sola)
2022 - Leipzigerjazztage with Chris Pitsiokos and Frank Gratkowski