Laura Stevens is a South African and British composer[1] of music for concert hall, film and media, stage and dance.[2]
Stevens composed the original score for the documentary Elephant Refugees[3] (2022, dir. Louise Hogarth) , narrated by
Jerome Flynn ; and various ballet music works for the
English National Ballet.[4][5]
She is also known for collaborating with living poets on musical settings of their work, among them
Katharine Towers[6] and
Hollie McNish[7]
Music
Stevens created the original score for documentary Elephant Refugees[8][9][10] in 2022, directed by Louise Hogarth, an account of elephants fleeing drought in
Botswana
In 2016 the
English National Ballet commissioned Stevens to compose the music for Unsilenced , the youth ballet accompaniment to their She Said triple bill project.[11][12] The work was danced at
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London and the Britten Theatre.
Previously, she had worked with the company on their Choreographics showcase at
Sadler’s Wells , collaborating with choreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple on her work Give my Love to the Sunrise[13][14]
Stevens worked with Swiss director Christina Ruloff and artist
Beat Toniolo, creating the original music for their TV film Z Kiev redt mer Mundaart,[23][24] about the life and exploits of Swiss dialect poet Albert Baechtold. It was distributed and broadcast on Swiss Channel
SRF1 and featured Swiss actor Andrea Zogg.[25]
A frequent musical partner is Turkish composer Nazım Çınar . In 2023 she played and arranged cello on his score for theatre work Imparator[26][27] by Turkish thespian and activist
Genco Erkal.[28]