Laetitia Sonami

Laetitia de Compiegne Sonami
Laetitia Sonami (c. 2003)
Laetitia Sonami (c. 2003)
Background information
Born1957
France
GenresElectronic music, sound art
Websitewww.sonami.net

Laetitia Sonami (born 1957 in France), is a sound artist, performer, and composer of interactive electronic music who has been based in the San Francisco Bay area since 1978.[1] She is known for her electronic compositions and performances with the ‘’Lady’s Glove’’, an instrument she developed for triggering and manipulating sound in live performance.[2] Many of her compositions include live or sampled text. Sonami also creates sound installation work incorporating household objects embedded with mechanical and electronic components. Although some recordings of her works exist, Sonami generally eschews releasing recorded work.[3]

  1. ^ Gann, Kyle American Music in the Twentieth Century (Schirmer Books, 1997) ISBN 002864655X, p. 381, 382
  2. ^ Wilson, Stephen. (2002). Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology. MIT Press, Cambridge MA/ London, England. ISBN 0-262-23209-X. p. 749
  3. ^ Rodgers, Tara. (2010). Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound, Duke University Press Books, ISBN 0822346737. pp. 8, 9-10, 54, 202