Author: Paul Brody

Film, theater, sound installation examples:

Music selections from unreleased full length cinema film. (Cuts to show music composition only, not content) General info hidden for now. For private use only. (Premier estimated: 2023) Humboldt Forum Berlin Museum Documentary (2023) (Cuts to show music only) Directed by Charlotte Jansen Ambient music example, part of Humboldt Forum Museum project (Opening 2023) Opera […]

Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg Sold Out!

For trumpet soloing in the film, Tierbrücke (Animal Bridge) featuring the animal rescuer and star influencer, Malte Zierden. The popular TV documentary shows Mr. Zierden and his team going to Ukraine to rescue animals and buld an animal shelter. Send me an email requesting the link when the album is out! sounds@paulbrody.net Welcome to my […]

Humboldt Forum Berlin: Badisches Staatstheater Opera : Utopia Orchesta at Grips Theater

Humboldt Forum interactive sound installation, Thousand Worlds openning in Spring of 2025. This high tech mood room explores the multi-cultural context of what makes a person feel at home. The project started with creating visual and sound art that reflected feelings of home. Two groups of young people were involved, young people form the a […]

Not Jewish Enough?

When trumpet player and composer Paul Brody moved from San Francisco to Berlin in the early 90’s, he soon began to deny being Jewish. That wasn’t due to any shame about his heritage or fears of anti-Semitism, but rather because German journalists were more interested in his family’s history as refugees from the Nazis than […]

The Fringe Sound of Berlin:
NPR Special

The Fringe Sound of Berlin What is the sound of Berlin? How does the mentality of the city of upheaval effect its artists? How do the artists hear their city? Production, writing, composition: Paul Brody

Barenboim Foundation Boulez Saal

Webern from the Inside and Outside A Sound Installation by Paul Brody Videos and Explanation: Video 1: Artist’s Talk at Boulez Saal. Video 2: Sound installation. Video 3: Selection of Videos from the 12 tone contributors. Webern from the Inside and Outside A Sound Installation by Paul Brody (English translation of Webern letter fragments below) […]

Inclusion Work: Composer in Residence

Brody is composer in residence for the Utopia Ochestra, the first inclusive orchestra in Germany. He is also working with Kulturleben Berlin as the art event curator. Brody is involved in three inclusion projects through the Kulturleben Berlin association (Verein), largely financed by Aktion Mensch. His main project curating art events for the program, Bühne […]

Humboldt Forum Exhibit: Thousand Worlds Openning spring 2025

Schaust du gerne in die Sterne? Womit fühlst du dich verbunden? Im 3. OG des Ethnologischen Museums entsteht ein Raum, in dem du diesen Fragen nachgehen und aus Klängen und Bildern eine eigene Welt bauen kannst, die du mit anderen teilst. Gemeinsam mit Berliner Schüler*innen haben wir bereits viele verschiedene Welten gebaut und angeschaut. Nun […]

Canadian Language Museum Yiddish Curses and Blessings

The Music of Yiddish Blessings and Curses installation was a collaboration with the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto. Paul Brody interviewed Yiddish speakers throughout the city to explore their favourite curses and blessings, as well as the stories and memories behind them. Brody was expecting that the blessings and curses would reveal a treasure of Yiddish culture — […]

Paul Brody’s Poetry Electric: Trailer, Artist’s talk, Album

FULL ALBUM on all major streaming platforms! Paul Brody’s wild and ambient compositions inspired by the voices of poets he recorded. The poets introduce themselves and often describe the sounds that they feel are important in their poems. These are often included in the soundscape, along with Trumpet, cello, accordion, and noises from objects found […]

Narziss & Echo / David Marton – Road Opera

Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne composition commission collaboration with pianist, Michael Wilhelmi and live electronics artist, Daniel Dorsch. The premier was at the Vienna Theater Festival (Wiener Festwochen 2019). Performances were in France, Austria, and Berlin: Radial System. Photographer: Valentine Solé

Museums Quartier, Vienna Artist in Residence

5 MINI OPERAS IN ORDINARY LANGUAGE in collaboration with photographer, Dirk Hasskarl (https://www.hasskarl.de/) just won a prize from the ‚Stipendium der Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst (Association of Visual Artists in Germany.) It started as an Artist in Residence project for the Museums Quartier in Vienna. The online presentation inspired new ideas, which lead to […]