American composer and sound artist Elori Saxl is one of the most distinctive voices on the contemporary experimental scene, working at the intersection of electronic music, chamber instrumentation and field recordings. As The Guardiannoted, “Elori Saxl blurs the distinctions between laptop-based 21st-century explorations and the more tactile, playful avant-gardism of previous generations.” During the concert she will perform music from her solo albums, where analog synthesizers, processed sounds of nature and chamber textures merge into immersive sonic landscapes.

Her debut album “The Blue of Distance” (2021) received widespread critical acclaim. Pitchfork described it as “building a hypnotic counterpoint between a bright chamber-music ensemble and groaning analog synthesizers,” while Headphone Commute called it “a wonderful culmination of the avant-garde, contemporary classical, experimental, and electronic music.” In her work Saxl often blends recordings of wind and water with lush synthesizer layers, creating music that reflects on emotion, memory and seasonal transformation.

Subsequent releases such as “Drifts and Surfaces” (2024) and “Earth Focus” (2024)—originally composed as the score for the PBS documentary series exploring the relationship between natural landscapes and urban development—further expand her distinctive sonic language. As Pop Matters wrote, her work “takes minimalism, sampling, and chamber orchestras to a whole new level.”

Saxl is also an accomplished filmmaker and composer for visual media. She has created music for PBS, The Guggenheim, the National Film Board of Canada, SFMOMA and the radio program This American Life, while her film projects have been nominated for two Emmy Awards. As a live performer she has appeared internationally, including touring in North America opening for Colin Stetson and performing alongside artists such as Emile Mosseri and Mary Lattimore.

Her live performances invite audiences into a deeply atmospheric listening environment where analog synthesis, field recordings and minimalist structures unfold gradually, forming immersive sound worlds that explore the relationship between technology, memory and the natural environment.