Sonia Killmann is a Belgium-born, Glasgow-based saxophonist, electronic musician, and audiovisual artist whose work is shaped by interdisciplinary collaboration and experimental approaches to sound and visuals.
Winner of the 2025 Lumen Music Prize, their work spans the UK and Europe, fusing experimental sound, spatial audio and visual environments into deeply sensory experiences that explore the relationship between sound, space and perception.
Influenced by Pauline Oliveros, Colin Stetson and Alvin Lucier, Sonia’s practice bridges acoustic instrumentation, modular synthesis and electroacoustic composition. A graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (M.Mus Composition, studying with Dr Linda Buckley), they are currently undertaking a PhD in Immersive Arts at University College Dublin, researching how multimedia performance environments can shape audience experience and mental wellbeing.
A Cryptic Artist since 2022, Sonia has created commissions that integrate spatial sound, live electronics and interdisciplinary collaboration. Their 2024 installation Umweltraum((a)) (with immersive artist Laura Mannelli), presented at Sonica, translated Jakob von Uexküll’s concept of Umwelt into a dynamic ecosystem of mechanical visuals and organic sonic textures.
Residencies include EMS Stockholm, where they advanced their work in modular synthesis and spatial audio. Equally compelling as a solo artist and collaborator, Sonia has toured as on-stage musician for Vanishing Point’s Love the Sinner and composed for The Boulders We Carry, establishing a growing international reputation for bold
