Freya Arde is a classically trained composer and guitarist who reflects on life through her music.
Her minimalist instrumental compositions move between a fragile beauty and a search of calm. Freya Arde released her Debut EP Spirit Awake in 2020, followed by her single Moon Window which she released with Deutsche Grammophon in 2021.
She is a frequent collaborator with film makers and scored films that premiered at Berlinale and TIFF. Her most recent works are the scores for the documentary The Hidden Life of Trees (OT: Das geheime Leben der Bäume) and The Flying Classroom (OT: Das fliegende Klassenzimmer) which garnered her the German Film Score Award in 2023.
Freya Arde supported the British pianist and composer James Heather on his Germany tour in 2023. Her rework of his piece Immortal Beloved - Freya Arde Rework was released on his new album Reworks vol. 2.
Freya Arde lives between Dresden and Berlin.
