Maya Shenfeld
{{Short description|Israeli composer and musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Maya Shenfeld
| image =
| native_name = מיה שנפלד
| native_name_lang = he
| birth_name = Maya Shenfeld
| origin = Jerusalem{{cite web|first1=Michael|last1=Major|access-date=2022-03-30|title=Maya Shenfeld Shares New Single 'Silver' From Debut Album 'In Free Fall'|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Maya-Shenfeld-Shares-New-Single-Silver-From-Debut-Album-In-Free-Fall-20220105|website=BroadwayWorld}}
| genre = {{hlist|Electronic|experimental}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Composer|musician}}
| label = {{hlist|Thrill Jockey|Warp}}
| website = {{URL|https://mayashenfeld.com}}
}}
Maya Shenfeld ({{Langx|he|מיה שנפלד}}) is a Jerusalem-born composer and musician based in Berlin, Germany. She has released two albums: In Free Fall (2022){{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=John |date=2022-02-04 |title=Maya Shenfeld: In Free Fall review – 21st-century tech communes with the ancient |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/04/maya-shenfeld-in-free-fall-review |access-date=2025-05-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-25 |title=Maya Shenfeld — In Free Fall |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/in-free-fall-maya-shenfeld-review/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}} and Under the Sun (2024).{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Maya Shenfeld — Under the Sun |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/maya-shenfeld-under-the-sun-review/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}}
Early life and education
Shenfeld was born in Jerusalem and began her musical training there. When she was 20 years old, she had completed her first degree in classical guitar in the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. After moving to Berlin, she studied contemporary music performance and composition at the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK).{{Cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Andreas |date=January 29, 2022 |title=Avantgarde für Lady-Gaga-Fans |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/avantgardepop-von-maya-shenfeld-avantgarde-fuer-lady-gaga-fans/28020944.html |publisher=Der Tagesspiegel}}
Music
Shenfeld's work explores electronic, popular and experimental music and their intersection.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/04/maya-shenfeld-in-free-fall-review|title=Maya Shenfeld: In Free Fall review – 21st-century tech communes with the ancient|date=February 4, 2022|website=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2021/11/09/maya-shenfeld-pedro-maia-body-electric/|title=Maya Shenfeld and Pedro Maia explore 'still movement' in 'Body, Electric'|date=November 9, 2021|website=Fact (UK magazine)}} Writing for The Guardian, music journalist John Lewis described her work as "invoking the transcendent", writing that it is "music that uses 21st-century technology to conjure up images of liturgical chants and ancient temples".{{cite web |title=The Quietus - Reviews - Maya Shenfeld |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/31039-in-free-fall-maya-shenfeld-review |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=The Quietus}}
Her album In Free Fall (Thrill Jockey, 2022) was number one on Stereogum's "10 Best Experimental Albums Of 2022".{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=The 10 Best Experimental Albums Of 2022 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2207657/the-10-best-experimental-albums-of-2022/lists/year-in-review/2022-in-review/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}
In 2022 Shenfeld scored two short films, Piazza Futura by Kevin b. Lee and the documentary The Flagmakers by Cynthia Wade and Sharon Liese.{{Cite web |last=Tiernan |first=Jonny |date=2022-10-24 |title=Maya Shenfeld: A Sonic Adventurer |url=https://lolamag.de/feature/music-feature/maya-shenfeld-a-sonic-adventurer/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Lola |language=en-EN}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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| scope="row"| In Free Fall
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| scope="row"| Under the Sun
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Composers from Jerusalem
Category:21st-century Israeli guitarists