E C H O
Out now

“With E C H O, Freya Arde has crafted a deeply evocative and immersive listening experience, seamlessly blending classical and modern elements into a strikingly original sound. This album is a journey, one that invites the listener to feel, reflect, and ultimately, be moved.”

— Cageriot

LIVE SHOWS

UPCOMING

PAST EVENTS

19 FEB 2025 - MUNICH (GER) — Pasinger Fabrik

8 FEB 2025 — BERLIN (GER) — Speakeazy

6 FEB 2025 — DRESDEN (GER) — Jazzclub Tonne

27 JUN 2024 — BERLIN (GER) — Passionskirche (Support for Evgeny Grinko)

15 MAY 2024 — BERLIN (GER) — Lark

01 MAY 2024 — BERLIN (GER) — Madam Eule Street Festival

09 MARCH 2024 — FREITAL (GER) — Exhibition Opening Victoria Belikova

24 NOVEMBER 2023 — HALLE (GER) — German Filmscore Award

06 OCTOBER 2023 — NÜRNBERG (GER) — Tafelhalle

04 OCTOBER 2023 — DRESDEN (GER) — minimal bar cafe

12 SEPTEMBER 2023 — BERLIN (GER) — Michelsberger Hotel, Europe in Synch

15 MARCH 2023 — HAMBURG (GER) — Nachtasyl (Support for James Heather)

14 MARCH 2023 — DRESDEN (GER) — Jazzclub Tonne (Support for James Heather)

11 MARCH 2023 — NÜRNBERG (GER) — Neues Museum (Support for James Heather)

10 MARCH 2023 — KÖLN (GER) — Wohngemeinschaft (Support for James Heather)

About

Freya Arde is a film score composer and recording artist who splits her time between Dresden and Berlin.

She has composed the original music for films like The Hidden Life of Trees (directed by Jörg Adolph) and The Flying Classroom (dir. by Carolina Hellsgård). Her latest works include the documentary Riefenstahl (dir. by Andres Veiel) and Maryam Touzani’s new film Calle Malaga which both premiered at the Venice Biennale.

Growing up in a small village in Eastern Germany pre-internet, music has always been a way for Freya to create other worlds within her mind.
Her academic career started in Dresden where she studied acoustic guitar and classical composition. The Erasmus program allowed her to study in Paris at the renowned Conservatoire National in 2010/2011.
In 2012 Freya won the European Guitar Award as the first female guitarist. She has also been awarded with the German Filmscore Award twice.
She studied film scoring at the film university in Berlin-Babelsberg where she graduated with a master’s degree in 2016.

In 2020 Freya released her first solo EP Spirit Awake, followed by her single Moon Window which was part of the Project XII compilation by Deutsche Grammophon.
She played as an opening act for James Heather’s Germany tour in 2023 and released a joint track Immortal Beloved Rework the same year.
Her debut album E C H O released in 2025 is a collection of 9 songs for string trio, electric guitar, piano and voice. It was released on Freya’s own label Poetic Minimalism.

“These achingly beautiful drones and tonal shifts are anchored by the occasional clean tone that refracts into a thousand versions of itself like the ripple of a stone thrown into water.”

— Ryan Hall from Tome to the Weather Machine on "Shimmer"