About

Freya Arde is a film score composer and recording artist who splits her time between Dresden and Berlin.

She has composed the original music for films like The Hidden Life of Trees (directed by Jörg Adolph) and The Flying Classroom (dir. by Carolina Hellsgård). Her latest works include the documentary Riefenstahl (dir. by Andres Veiel) and Maryam Touzani’s new film Calle Malaga which both premiered at the Venice Biennale.

Growing up in a small village in Eastern Germany pre-internet, music has always been a way for Freya to create other worlds within her mind.
Her academic career started in Dresden where she studied acoustic guitar and classical composition. The Erasmus program allowed her to study in Paris at the renowned Conservatoire National in 2010/2011.
In 2012 Freya won the European Guitar Award as the first female guitarist. She has also been awarded with the German Filmscore Award twice.
She studied film scoring at the film university in Berlin-Babelsberg where she graduated with a master’s degree in 2016.

In 2020 Freya released her first solo EP Spirit Awake, followed by her single Moon Window which was part of the Project XII compilation by Deutsche Grammophon. 
She played as an opening act for James Heather’s Germany tour in 2023 and released a joint track Immortal Beloved Rework the same year.
Her debut album E C H O released in 2025 is a collection of 9 songs for string trio, electric guitar, piano and voice. It was released on Freya’s own label Poetic Minimalism.