“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.” — Limelight

Chloé Charody (b.1984) is an Australian composer and show creator who is known internationally for her unique sound world that she enhances by combining classical music, circus and opera into a captivating genre of its own.

Chloé founded her production company, Chloé Charody Creations in 2010, the same year that she appeared on the world stage with her first circus opera ‘The Carnival’ that opened on London’s West End. The Carnival then went on to run sell out shows across the world for the decade to follow. Circus opera is a genre that Charody has pioneered and her work in this field has influenced many other arts companies and composers around the world.

As well as circus operas, Charody composes ballets, musicals, operas, large-scale symphonic works and chamber music. Her works have been performed by several of the world’s leading artists and companies including The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, The Dutch National Ballet, The Freestyle Orchestra and The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (to name a few).

Chloé’s work is paving a new path for classical music and opera, but her work in this field could not be realised without the collaboration of the Australian acrobatic violin virtuoso, Sonja Schebeck. Charody has composed and created several interdisciplinary works for Schebeck over the years including ‘Tale of The Firebird’ - a concerto for acrobatic-fire-taming-violinist and orchestra which premiered at City Recital Hall, Angel Place for VIVID 2019.

Schebeck has also performed in Charody’s circus opera The Carnival and two of her ballets with The Dutch National Ballet. Most recently, Schebeck has co-created LIMBO - Charody’s sonata for acrobatic violinist that premiered in London in December 2023. LIMBO will tour internationally in 2024 alongside Charody’s song-cycle for acrobatic soprano, ’Truth in the Cage’ which is based on the poetry collection of Manus Prison survivor, Mohammad Ali Maleki.

In recent years, Charody has dedicated a significant amount of her time to helping refugees across the world. As well as working actively to help these displaced people, she uses her position as a composer with an international audience to draw attention to the plight of refugees and the injustices inflicted upon them.

Charody’s complete catalogue of creations can be viewed at: http://www.chloecharody.com/creations/overview

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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.