vocalist • performer • composer
Contemporary Vocal Art
Experimental use of the voice within the realms of new music, focused on the spiritual and experiential elements of sound. Collaborations with composers for world premieres, avant-garde, multimedia and cross-over projects, solo and chamber music between silence and screeching.
Early Music Singing
Medieval and Renaissance music inspired by Western rituals, mysticism and ancient traditions. Artistic director of Sibil•la Ensemble.
“Kristia Michael is a vocal artist who navigates between piety and the raw Mediterranean. Subtle are the guttural arabesques with which she adorns the music.”
Guido van Oorschot, de Volkskrant
Next personal project — Echonance Festival
Morton Feldman: Three Voices (1982)
AngelicA Festival, Bologna
May 8 — Orgelpark, Amsterdam.
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
The Old
Premiere by Lucie Nezri, with Rebecca Lane, commissioned by Hamburger Bahnhof
23 June — KM28, Berlin
Hildegard von Bingen
with Sibil•la Ensemble
4 July — Wonderfeel Festival, Baarn
Dancing May: Medieval Songs and Dances across Europe
with Sibil•la Ensemble
18 July — Vivat Curlandia!, Riga
Dancing May: Medieval Songs and Dances across Europe
with Sibil•la Ensemble
27 July — Kvarner Festival, Opatija
Whispers of the Sibyls
with Sibil•la Ensemble
1 August — Kvarner Festival, Opatija
Amata Femina
Elikωn Ensemble
5 September — Musica ad confluentem, České Budějovice
11 September — ANABIOSIS with Sibil•la Ensemble in Medieval Music at the Dales, Yorkshire Dales
12 September — Joined concert with Sibil•la, Idrîsî Ensemble and Wandering Pipersa at the Medieval Music in the Dales, Yorkshire Dales
17 September — Ileana Melita: John Cage, Louis Andriessen & Beyond with Nieuw Amsterdams Peil at Muze van Zuid, Amsterdam
18 September — Whispers of the Sibyls with Sibil•la Ensemble at Muze van Zuid, Amsterdam
19 September — Among Echoes with Alex Mastichiadis at Muze van Zuid, Amsterdam
20 September — Dancing May with Sibil•la Ensemble at Muze van Zuid, Amsterdam
26 September — Premiere by Daniil Pilchen in Orgelpark, Amsterdam
3 October — Whispers of the Sibyls by Sibil•la Ensemble in Schiermonnikoog Festival, Schiermonnikoog
17 October 2026 — Premieres by Cornelis de Bondt with Kali Ensemble in Orgelpark, Amsterdam
25 October 2026 — jijiji with Ensemble TETTIΞ, at the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera, Athens
24 November 2026 — Stravaganza with Alex Mastichiadis and Nikos Veliotis, at the Greek National Opera, Athens
28 November 2026 — Morton Feldman: Three Voices in Musica in Prossimitá, Pinerollo
30 November – 4 December 2026 — Residency with Sibil•la Ensemble at Athens Conservatory, Athens
6 December 2026 — Morton Feldman: Three Voices at Modelo62 Festival, The Hague
22 January 2027 — Dancing May with Sibil•la Ensemble at Concert in Tienhoven, Tienhoven
23 January 2027 — Ecological Sonic Memories with Ekhos Trio at Splendor, Amsterdam
31 January 2027 — Giacinto Scelsi: The Messenger with Nieuw Amsterdams Peil at Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam
5-7 February 2027 — Ekhos in Echonance Festival, Amsterdam
25 February-4 March — Psychanodia with Miriam Encinas Laffitte, Tuce Alba and Efrén López at La Marfà, Girona
14 March 2027 — Giacinto Scelsi: The Messenger with Nieuw Amsterdams Peil at Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
16-18 March 2027 — Residency with Kali Ensemble in Slovenia
20 March 2027 — Whispers of the Sibyls Sibil•la Ensemble at Musica Antica, The Hague
8 May 2027 — Premiere by Yannis Kyriakides with Maze Ensemble at Dag in de Branding, The Hague
May 2027 — Premiere by Ioannis Panagiotou at the Royal Conservatory Antwerp, Antwerp
23 October 2027 — Euridice premiere by Claudio Jacomucci at Orgelpark, Amsterdam
Jacopo Peri (1561 – 1633): Tu dormi, e’l dolce sonno
A soft mourn for those who sleep and forget / forget the idea that humanity is a big family on Earth…
Performed with Alex Mastichiadis.
Filmed by Georgia Mantalia and Dimitris Papadopoulos, edited by Kristia Michael and Georgia Mantalia, mixing and mastering by Ilias Pantelias.
Aspasia Nasopoulou: Plenitude
Plenitude draws inspiration from the Rubaiyat poems of the Persian mathematician and philosopher Omar Khayyám (1048–1131). The Arabic verses reflect how true prosperity is in the simplicity of existence, in silence, and in communion with the world around us.
Performed with Sibil•la Ensemble.
Filmed by Dimitris Papadopoulos.
Viriditas
Debut Immersive Audiovisual Album by the Sibil•la Ensemble and the audiophile immersive music label TRPTK.
Nominated for the International Classical Music Awards in the category of Early Music, and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik in the category of Traditional Ethnic Music.
In consideration for the GRAMMY® AWARDS for Best Music Film / Best Engineered Album, Classical / Producer of the Year, Classical.
Winner of the IFA Indie Film Awards, Best Music Video category. Available as 4K Video Download with Spatial Audio.
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© Special thanks to Brendon Heinst for the pictures.
Kristia Michael 