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]