Zosha Warpeha is a New York-based composer-performer working in a meditative space at the intersection of contemporary improvisation and folk traditions. With bowed strings and voice, her durational performances are explorations of time, tonality, and resonant space. She performs primarily on Hardanger d’amore, a sympathetic-stringed relative of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. While her work is informed by the cyclical forms and physical momentum of Nordic folk music, her solo practice „subvert[s] tradition not as a political act, but as a point of departure“ (Peter Margasak). She was a 2025 artist-in-residence at ISSUE Project Room and her work has also been supported by the US-Norway Fulbright Foundation, Jerome Foundation, and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Her second full-length solo album, I grow accustomed to the dark, will be released on Outside Time in early 2026.
Cast
Zosha Warpeha
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@artacts Festival
Saturday, 7th March 2026