Muriel Louveau, born in Brittany, is an eclectic French composer, performance-maker, and singer. She began performing at age five and went on to study the history of art and to follow the vocal training program of Roy Hart.
She refers to her compositions as contemporary medieval music -inspired by ancient music and foreign sources; she creates her own imaginary language “spanning centuries, ethnic and spiritual divides.” explains Louveau.
Louveau has also been commissioned to produce four educational albums for French-speaking children which earned a Teachers Choice Award and Academy Charles Cros Awards.
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“M. Louveau, a singer whose voice has been described as haunting and highly individualistic.”
Time Out, New York
“It is a most intriguing mixture of old chants, flamenco, middle eastern, primeval paganism and aggressive New Age. There are even hints of Yma Sumac.. Fascinating.. with a sense of mysterious drama.”
Norma Lynn, Arts alive and Well, New Mexico
“Never Adhering or locked to traditional forms, Louveau’s compositional strength in achieving clear shapes leades us into a realm of foreign landscapes .Furthermore, we cannot generalize Louveau’s works into any sect, but instead we are encouraged to accept her as a new explorer.”
Mark Cheng/ Nonesuch Records
Select Festivals and International Events:
USA New York: Next Wave Festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Irving Plaza, Le Poisson Rouge. Galapagos Arts Space, National Sawdust and Goucher College, and Conservatory of Peabody in Baltimore
European Countries: SKIFF Festival, (St. Petersburg and Moscow ) French Spring Festival Tour, (Latvia) , Europe XXL Lille 3000 Festival, (France) , Schau Raume Play-Off/Festival, Villach(Austria)
“Traveling, collaborating and exploring different artistic mediums just came as a natural consequence in an effort to discover and weave together new modes of perception, “says Louveau.
These interdisciplinary projects include EDDA, a multi-media event with the English artist Holly Warburton created at Le Cube in Paris, and At Table, a series of musical reenactments with photographer Ann Marie Lequesne. (Royal College of Arts, London)
“Skana, Echo of the Light” is an ongoing theatrical piece following the album she co-wrote with composer Charles Kim and adapted on stage with dancer Emily Pope at Galapagos Arts Space and Theaterlab in 2014-2015. Recently Muriel has conceived” Vocals in the Dark”, a poetic sound and vocal installation which was held at Fivemyles Gallery, Brooklyn (June 2017 -2018).
In addition to her solo projects, she works with celebrated American choreographer Tiffany Mills -The Premiere of “Not Then, Not Yet “ a music dance collaborative piece that explores liminality, states of transition, and transformation, was presented at The Flea Theater in November 2019 – and with Ildiko Nemeth the innovative director of New Stage Theatre ( She has composed an original soundtrack for Nemeth’s productions “Rechnitz” and “Near to the Wild heart ” in 2018 and 2019 )
In 2020, Louveau completed and released a new album called “The Waking Dream” inspired by the writings—poetic and otherwise—of Mary Shelley whose Frankenstein was penned in 1816, a “year without summer” beset by famine, global pandemic, and the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia.
In addition to quoting Shelley, Louveau weaves extra-linguistic impulses, drawing breath through the throat like a thread through a needle in ambient environments.
Currently, she is co-creating dance videos based on pieces from this musical project with dancers across the globe.