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
- 13.07.25
4tet with John Hughes, Vasco Trilla, and Chad Popple, SLOT Hamburg DE
- 12.07.25
trio with Sofia Borges and Julius Windisch, Kühlspot, Berlin DE
- 11.07.25
duo with Ipek Odabasi, Sentimental Punk 10 years, Berlin DE
- 05.07.25
Kuhn Fu, Krefeld DE
- 28.06.25
Trio w Samuel Hall and Marcello Busatto, Tanzhalle Wiesenberg, Berlin DE
- 27.06.25
ESETv3, 10 years of A.I.D., TRXXTR, Berlin DE
- 20.06.25
Sola Set, Toma Chocolate, Sowieso, Berlin DE
- 11.06.25
4tet with Colin Webster, Vinicius Cajado and Maria Portugal, Future Bash Reloaded Neue Zukunft, Berlin DE
- 09.06.25
Seriously? Wow, SF MINI, Olomouc, CZ
- 07.06.25
Seriously? Wow, Rello, Brno CZ
- 06.06.25
Seriously? Wow, Viena AT
- 31.05.25
- 24.05.25
Kuhn Fu, White Cube, Bergedorf DE
- 23.05.25
Kuhn Fu, Villa Sponte, Bremen DE
- 22.05.25
Kuhn Fu, CVJM, Lübeck DE
- 16.05.25
Kuhn Fu, Bimhuis, Amsterdam NL
- 11.05.25
Kuhn Fu, Last Penny, Ankara TR
- 10.05.25
Kuhn Fu, iZOLE, Eskisehir TR
- 09.05.25
Kuhn Fu, Borusan Muzik Evi, Istanbul TR
- 03.05.25
Interview + Sola Set at Pattern Dissection, by Cashmere Radio, Berlin DE
- 26.04.25
- 06.04.25
- 05.04.25
- 04.04.25
- 02.04.25
Duet with Megan Jowett, Richten 25, Berlin DE
- 28.03.25
- 27.03.25
- 25.03.25
Playing as a guest with Michael Foster, Joey Sullivan and Webb Crawford, Blow Out series, Oslo NO
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.
- 28.03.25
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