Magda

Magda lives, creates, teaches and gardens from Valencia, Spain.

She frequently travels for Banda Magda tours, artist residencies and several other projects.

"I was born in Greece in the quiet seaside area of Voula. I studied classical piano and composition in my native Athens before getting a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Berklee College of Music, majoring in Film Scoring. I noodled on the piano and transcribed film scores as a lonely teenager.

Between 2009 - 2019 I lived in New York. I played in restaurants, then weddings. then came venues and festivals and soon after followed international tours, collaborations and all sorts of beauties.

My love for film scores, orchestra, live audiences and my curiosity for technology and global music has led me from one diverse project to another, introducing me to extraordinary people & places all over the globe.

I hope it never ends."

Magda has collaborated with many renowned musicians and bands, including Gilberto Gil, Jacob Collier, Snarky Puppy, Vicente Garcia, Bokante, Ziggy Marley, Roberto Fonseca, Lucy Woodward, Fatoumata Diawara, Rita Indiana, Visitante, Danny Vera, José James, Metropole Orkest, WDR Big Band.

Magda works regularly as a producer. Apart from being the chief producer / arranger for Zouzounia TV, she has also produced albums for Marcelo Woloski, The Huntertones, Sylvie Bourban, Marine Futin, Luisa Sobral, Jacinto Records, Juan Andres Ospina Big Band as well as all the Banda Magda records. She has produced the Berklee Valencia Honorary Doctorate segments for Lila Downs and Gilberto Gil and she additionally produces and contracts recording sessions for film and TV in global markets.

In 2013, she was given her first commission by the Lincoln Center to write for Kronos Quartet. Her latest orchestra work, Khonsu, was commissioned for orchestra by Nu Deco, and premiered at New World Symphony in Miami. Among her film music credits are "La Tropa del Trapo", "Natural Selection", "Watchers of the Sky". She has written music for Podcast "Live from Mount Olympus" co-produced by THE TEAM & Onassis Foundation.

Source: Drip Music