Shida Shahabi

Stockholm-based composer Shida Shahabi has been writing music for performing arts and film since 2014. She most recently scored Thibault Emin's feature film "Else", which premiered at TIFF in 2024; Teresa Sutherland's feature film "Lovely, Dark and Deep", which premiered in 2023; and Charlotte Le Bon's renowned debut feature film "Falcon Lake" (2022). She is also a celebrated musician who released her critically acclaimed debut album "Homes" with FatCat imprint 130701 back in 2018 and has since then continued releasing celebrated works like "Shifts" and "Living Circle". She has toured all around Europe, including supporting artists like PJ Harvey, Colin Stetson and A Winged Victory for the Sullen, and performed at festivals and venues such as BRDCST, Semibreve, the Barbican, Elbphilharmonie and Silent Green. In 2023, Shida also collaborated with Icelandic choreographer Halla Ólafsdóttir on her dance piece "Sylph", who has toured around northern Europe. The score for the piece was recently self-released on her own label Still Light.