Catherine Graindorge

Catherine Graindorge is a violinist, violist, composer, and actress based in Brussels. Over the years, she has honed her craft by blending disciplines, creating theatre productions as a writer and actor, composing music for her own and others› projects, and performing in various musical ensembles.
Since the release of her first solo album, The Secret of Us All, in 2012, she has collaborated with renowned artists such as Iggy Pop, John Parish (PJ Harvey), Hugo Race (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Pascal Humbert and Bertrand Cantat (Detroit), Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, and Mark Lanegan (Jeffrey Lee Pierce Project). She has also composed for dance, theatre, and film, earning a Magritte Award nomination for her soundtrack to Le Chant des Hommes.

In 2017 the album Long Distance Operators, composed and performed with Hugo Race, is released on Sub Rosa.

In October 2021 is launched her second solo album Eldorado on Glitterbeat Records (Tak: Till), recorded in Bristol with the legendary John Parish, here producer but also musician.

In September 2022, featuring Iggy Pop singing on 3 tracks, she releases The Dictator, a 4-track EP on Glitterbeat Records.
In May 2023 After Heaven, the 4th album of her trio Nile On waX is released on Tonzonen records.

In September 2023 she was awarded the Octave de la Musique in the «Solo Artist of the Year» category.

In April 2024 is launched her 3rd solo album Songs for the Dead on Tak :Til (Glitterbeat Records). In a distant echo to the cinematographic flights of Max Richter or the flayed harmonies of Warren Ellis, somewhere between ambient, rock and neo-classical, the music on this new opus continues its singular, bewitching trajectory.

current lineups:

Catherine Graindorge quartett «Songs for the Dead»
Catherine Graindorge: violin, viola, voice
Simon Huw Jones: voice
Simon Ho : keyboard, harmonium
Cyrille de Haes: bass, double bass

Catherine Graindorge duo
Catherine Graindorge: violin, viola, voice
Simon Ho : keyboard, harmonium

Catherine Graindorge solo
Catherine Graindorge : Violin, Viola, Harmonium & Voice

The Dictator muisc by Catherine Graindorge & Lyrics by Iggy Pop.

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