Sophie Tassignon is a Berlin-based singer, composer, improviser, arranger, and bandleader. Her work centers on the human voice in performed and recorded works as it traverses composed and improvised singing and vocalizing. Fluent in six languages and inspired by a wide range of musical experimentalists, Tassignon has been heard in a variety of contexts, from avant-garde jazz and free improvisation to theatrical performance and electroacoustic music. She's released albums with several musical projects including Charlotte & Mr. Stone (with Simon Vincent), Azolia (co-led by Susanne Folk), and Louise Et Vilmorin (co-lead by Kevin Patton), as well as collaborations with Canadian-born saxophonist Peter Van Huffel. She also leads the ensemble Khyal, which blends jazz and Arabic poetry. In 2009 Tassignon began a longstanding collaborative relationship with Polish theater director Elzbieta Bednarska. The singer composed music for and performed in her theater productions including Taghaus/Nachthaus 2009, Schneeweiß und Russenrot in 2010, and Nacht in 2011. Tassignon was the first female artist to sign with the U.K.'s RareNoise label. They issued her debut solo album, Mysteries Unfold, during the COVID-19 spring of 2020. She discovered unifying echoes in the songs' thematic material assembled as a way to celebrate the stories of women's voices suppressed and silenced throughout history. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi