Josephine Stephenson

Josephine Stephenson is a French-British composer, arranger and performer.

Her music, described as &#34;exquisite&#34; by the Guardian and &#34;music to arrest the ears and stop the heart&#34; by The Times, has been commissioned by the BBC, Radio France, Wigmore Hall, Spitalfields Music and Nonclassical, among others. Performers of her work include the <a href="spotify:artist:68kuKZp7yrgzZpoh5m6dWA" data-name="London Sinfonietta">London Sinfonietta</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0nrZ1B05azLrMkhTOFaoGJ" data-name="Aurora Orchestra">Aurora Orchestra</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0vUnn6Eje2O5yxEj35touD" data-name="Tenebrae">Tenebrae</a>, the <a href="spotify:artist:6DanD7KHwrNSqjxHKdLGzG" data-name="Maîtrise de Radio France">Maîtrise de Radio France</a>, the <a href="spotify:artist:3JskWGJqTH0wpdVErwUOub" data-name="Quatuor Van Kuijk">Quatuor Van Kuijk</a>, tenor <a href="spotify:artist:0NfGbCo5Dh9BDLTOsC0LpP" data-name="Allan Clayton">Allan Clayton</a>, gambist <a href="spotify:artist:4XqwfpHDi1SnrqtTDUMnia" data-name="Liam Byrne">Liam Byrne</a>, and violinists <a href="spotify:artist:2u7oAIukaePu4TaPVqX4Q9" data-name="Eloisa-Fleur Thom">Eloisa-Fleur Thom</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1xIOPl8xFpFNMVx6PGjc9W" data-name="Fiona Monbet">Fiona Monbet</a>.

She has collaborated with theatre companies La Raffinerie, L&#39;Éventuel Hérisson Bleu and FellSwoop Theatre, made music for films by Julia Hart and Scott Vickers, and worked as assistant for film composers <a href="spotify:artist:0s1ec6aPpRZ4DCj15w1EFg" data-name="Dario Marianelli">Dario Marianelli</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2xOp0rCDPAmYqnL2UFbaDY" data-name="Benjamin Wallfisch">Benjamin Wallfisch</a>.

She regularly collaborates with songwriters and bands (arranging for <a href="spotify:artist:46CitWgnWrvF9t70C2p1Me" data-name="Daughter">Daughter</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2rdtngq3t4zQwluqyGfZuS" data-name="Evergreen">Evergreen</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3RKnc5Vs4SPhVysYnYT878" data-name="Night Works">Night Works</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1pmvcZaqyRJw8o6at71MJP" data-name="NZCA LINES">NZCA LINES</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4Uh8AQcVEIc0kHoTwKRMcc" data-name="Shock Machine">Shock Machine</a>, singing/playing for <a href="spotify:artist:4Z8W4fKeB5YxbusRsdQVPb" data-name="Radiohead">Radiohead</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7Ln80lUS6He07XvHI8qqHH" data-name="Arctic Monkeys">Arctic Monkeys</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3FIsBWNLmqLvTQnhJLAWUJ" data-name="Ex:Re">Ex:Re</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7yxi31szvlbwvKq9dYOmFI" data-name="Jon Hopkins">Jon Hopkins</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2oTq85rZFxkflPCbDUGs6d" data-name="Hayden Thorpe">Hayden Thorpe</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0qLNsNKm8bQcMoRFkR8Hmh" data-name="James">James</a>) as well as the Berlin-based ensemble <a href="spotify:artist:6ArmVuGn8UtsupvhL3suRy" data-name="stargaze">stargaze</a> (David Bowie Prom in 2016, concerts with <a href="spotify:artist:0z7Yuv7DuDQ5SaVn4VSlLt" data-name="Lisa Hannigan">Lisa Hannigan</a> in 2018).

She is one of the 3 Artistic Directors of Listenpony, a London-based concert series and record label which puts on regular events mixing contemporary classical music with traditional classical music and popular styles.