Magda Drozd

Magda Drozd, born in Warsaw in 1987, has lived in Zurich since 2011 and works as a composer, musician and artist. She has published three releases on the label Präsens Editionen: “Songs for Plants” (2019), “18 Floors” (2021), “Viscera” (2023). Further releases followed on Hallow Ground for their compilation “Epiphanies”. Since 2024, Magda has been active alongside her solo work with the duo Sopraterra, which will release its debut album on Präsens Editions in 2025. In October 2024, she also founded the record label Rivercore, a platform for experimental, ambient, soundscape & beyond. She also performs with author Katja Brunner as the duo Paula Rot in interdisciplinary contexts and is working on a new project with South African musician Tshepang Ramoba.

Magazines such as The Wire, Spex, self-titled Magazine, Fact Mag and Boomkat have reviewed her albums. Drozd has also performed live sets on SRF 3, GDS.fm and Radio Stadtfilter and has played live in Zurich (Rhizom Festival, Les Digitales, Helsinki), Lucerne (Echolot Festival, Südpol), Lausanne (Association du Salopard), Geneva (Cave 12), Turin (Imbarchino) and Paris (Oto Nove Swiss Festival).
Drozd's sound installations have been shown at the OTO Sound Museum, Museomontagna Turin, Shedhalle Zurich, Helmhaus Zurich. She also works regularly as a composer and musician for radio, theater and video productions, most recently at the Schauspielhaus Zurich, Berliner Ensemble, Deutschlandfunk Kultur and Lucerne Theater.