Sofia Surgutschowa

Sofia Surgutschowa studied theatre and performance in Paris, Amsterdam and Baltimore and then worked as as a cultural journalist for magazines such as the Münchner Merkur, Weltkunst, Le Point and Spirit Bordeaux. For eight years Sofia has been an artist manager for IMG Artists in Berlin and Paris, representing opera singers, conductors, and instrumentalists. In 2015 she founded the Babylon ORCHESTRA in Berlin, an ensemble for contemporary oriental music composed of refugee and European musicians who are committed to cultural exchange between East and West and have become indispensable in the Berlin cultural scene ever since. Since 2020, Sofia Surgutschowa has been working as a freelance creative producer, (production) manager of international cultural projects, in particular for the Verbier Festival and the Zafraan Ensemble. Sofia Surgutschowa is the co-founder of the Biennale in Situ in Lausanne (Switzerland), chairwoman of the board of transmusikale e.V. and of House of Lada. She is part of the editorial committee of the French magazine KOMETA.