FREYA ARDE

Biography

Freya Arde, award-winning composer, guitarist and music producer, is regarded as “one of Germany’s top talents in film music” (MDM magazine Trailer).

Her work includes the Dutch-German youth film My Extraordinary Summer with Tess, the film adaptation of the cult book by Germany’s most popular forester, Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees, Angelina Maccarone’s most recent project Klandestin, the documentary Corridors of Power by Academy Award nominee Dror Moreh as well as a new adaptation of The Flying Classroom, directed by Carolina Hellsgård for which Freya received the German Film Music Award 2023 for Best Music in a children’s movie. In 2024, Freya Arde scored Andres Veiel’s documentary Riefenstahl, which was premiered at Venice International Film Festival.

Right after completing her Master's degree in film scoring at the University for Film and Television Berlin Babelsberg in 2016, she won the German Film Music Award as Best Newcomer for her debut film score to Nelly’s Adventure.

Freya Arde studied at the Conservatory of Music in Dresden and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris.

Her unique soundscapes combine acoustic instrumentation with audio processing and electronics. She has worked with orchestras like the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg and the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt.