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“COMPOSER CHLOÉ CHARODY IS REMARKABLE NOT JUST FOR HER GENRE-DEFYING MUSIC OR THE GRAVITY-DEFYING NATURE OF ITS PERFORMANCE – A COMBINATION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, CIRCUS AND OPERA – BUT FOR HER COMMITMENT TO HIGHLIGHTING THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES IN HER WORK.”
Chloé Charody is an internationally renowned composer, show creator and refugee supporter celebrated for her unique sound world that fuses lyrical intensity with bold genre-defying experimentation.
Widely regarded as an artistic entrepreneur as much as a composer, she has forged a new path in classical music by seamlessly integrating the physical language of contemporary circus, depth of classical music and the drama of opera within her compositional craft. Chloé’s work has been said to dissolve traditional boundaries by treating movement, spectacle and experimentation as intrinsic musical elements.
Through large-scale interdisciplinary projects and international collaborations, Chloé has worked with like-minded creative entrepreneurs like acrobatic violinist Sonja Schebeck to reimagine how classical music and opera can be created, presented and experienced, enabling both genres to grow into a dynamic and fluid art form that is constantly evolving.
Chloé’s operas, circus operas, ballets, chamber music, orchestral works and large-scale interdisciplinary theatrical productions have been presented around the world to widespread critical acclaim. Some career highlights include: The Carnival (her first circus opera that ran 2 seasons on London's West End), My Australia (commissioned and performed by Sydney Symphony Orchestra as well as Queensland Symphony Orchestra), Magdalene and The Phoenix (two interdisciplinary ballets commissioned and performed by The Dutch National Ballet), Morning Blossoms (an opera toured by Netherlands Symphony Orchestra), Tale of The Firebird (a concerto for violin, fire and orchestra that has toured internationally by The Freestyle Orchestra) and LIMBO (a sonata for acrobatic violinist that has toured internationally - playing at some of the biggest arts festivals around the world)
From major opera houses (incl. Sydney Opera House, QPAC and Musiektheater Amsterdam) and concert halls (incl. Melbourne Recital Centre, City Recital Hall, Vienna Concert House, Staattheatres Tilburg, Haarlem, Amsterdam and Groningen) to unconventional performance spaces and international festivals (incl. Edinburgh Fringe, Zwaart Cross, Kultursommer and Internationales Strassentheater Fest) Chloé’s works have enjoyed praise for their originality and ability to connect with young audiences, all the while highlighting the plight of refugees and vulnerable people around the world.
Chloé Charody in rehearsals with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (2016)
“If ever there was a program to show off the sharper, deeper, more clearly balanced acoustics of the sonically refurbished Concert Hall in the Sydney Opera House, it was this lineup. Berlioz, the most imaginative orchestrator of the early 19th century, who published a book on the subject; Ravel, arguably the greatest orchestrator of the early 20th century, and Chloé Charody (b. 1984), an Australian composer with an international reputation, who really knows her way around the orchestra. ”
“Chloé’s music represents the epitome of the human heart”
Chloé Charody Creations LTD. are an arts innovation company based in the UK specialising in the creation of theatrical productions that tell stories to audiences of all ages by combining the genres of circus, opera & classical music into a unique & captivating world of it’s own.
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Chloé Charody recording her opera ‘Morning Blossoms’ with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (2016)
Chloé Charody on stage with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra following the premiere of ‘My Australia’ (2022)
Chloé Charody Creations outreach
Chloé Charody founded her outreach foundation in 2023 to bring disadvantaged young people around the world together with professional arts workers to create high quality theatrical work.
“Charody’s talent is indisputable”