Sophie Auster

Sophie Auster

Sophie Auster (born July 6, 1987) is an American singer/songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt.

Early life

Sophie Auster was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt.[1]

At the age of eight, Auster began studying music and classical voice. A year later, at the age of nine, she was cast in Agnieszka Holland film, Washington Square starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith and Ben Chaplin. After her early professional experiences, Sophie began acting lessons at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. As a teenager, Auster performed jazz standards at local New York clubs and was a member of an off-Broadway troupe at The Gene Frankel Theater in downtown Manhattan.

Career

Auster was sixteen when she recorded her first record. The album was a collaboration between Sophie and Brooklyn-based musicians Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp of the musical duo One Ring Zero. Using her writer father, Paul Auster's, early translations of French Surrealist poets, along with two original lyrics written by Auster herself, the poetic lines of Tristan Tzara, Paul Eluard, Robert Desnos, Philippe Soupault and Guillaume Apollinaire became songs set to music by Hearst and Camp.[2][3][4]

The collaboration began as a side project Auster pursued after school and on weekends. It was never intended for wide public consumption, but when a family friend heard the album, she was so impressed that she offered to release it on the French label Naïve Records. The album quickly made its way from France into other countries in Europe and beyond. Her subsequent self-titled album is Sophie Auster.

In July 2006, Auster was on the cover of the Spanish issue of Rolling Stone magazine. In 2007, Auster began writing with writer/musician Barry Reynolds, who has worked with Rufus Wainwright, Marianne Faithfull, Antony and the Johnsons, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Grace Jones. The two have collaborated on many songs. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 2010, Auster began recording again. Her self-produced E.P., "Red Weather", was released November 13, 2012, through Lost Colony Music. Auster's full-length LP, Dogs and Men, was released in June 2015 via Sony Red. "Dogs and Men" came out to rave reviews. The New York Times praised it for its "sultry, folksy vocals" and W Magazine called it "soaring". In 2016 Sophie was a grand prize recipient in The John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her song "Little Bird". In October 2017, Sophie won the Cosmopolitan Magazine singer of the year award in Spain. She appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine, Spanish edition, in the March 2018 music issue. Auster also writes a feminist column for Vanity Fair in Spain.

In 2016, Auster began work on her latest album, Next Time, with producer Tore Johansson, due out under BMG Music worldwide in October 2018.

Discography

  • 2005: Sophie Auster
  • 2012: Red Weather[5]
  • 2015: Dogs and Men
  • 2018: Next Time

Filmography

  • 1998: Lulu on the Bridge (by Paul Auster) – Sonia Kleinman
  • 2005: As Smart As They Are: The Author Project (by Joe Pacheco) – herself
  • 2007: The Inner Life of Martin Frost (by Paul Auster) – Anna James
  • 2010: Circuit (by Xavier Ribera) – Ana
  • 2010: The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (by Zeina Durra) – Savina
  • 2011: Stealing summers (by David Martin-Porras) – Alexandra
  • 2012: Grand Street (by Lex Sidon) – Jessica
  • 2012: Nous York (by Hervé Mimran and Géraldine Nakache)
  • 2014: Indiana (by Toni Comas) – Linda
  • 2014: The Story of the Invisible (by Shirley Monsarrat)
  • 2015: Mozart in the Jungle – Gabrielle (Amazon Prime)

References

  1. ↑ Denes, Melissa (February 3, 2006). "The dark side of happiness". The Guardian.
  2. ↑ "Sophie Auster". amazon.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sophie Auster: Ready For 'Red Weather'". wnyc.org. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ Brendt, Logan. "Q&A with SOPHIE AUSTER". thecix.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ Maine, David. "Sophie Auster: Red Weather". popmatters.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
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