MAILLEFER, Josephine

Joséphine Maillefer is a Swiss composer, vocalist, sound artist, and artistic director. She completed her musical training in Switzerland, studying composition, vocal performance, and electroacoustics at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU) and the Haute École de Musique de Genève (HEM), establishing a creative career centered on multidisciplinary performance, contemporary vocal music, and experimental stage productions.

Maillefer is the founder and artistic director of Cie CH.AU, a contemporary music and performance ensemble through which she develops hybrid stage works that blend vocal improvisation, acoustic chamber scoring, live electronics, and visual theatre. Her catalogue spans chamber music, choral pieces, sound installations, and theatrical productions featured at new-music festivals, theatres, and cultural venues across Switzerland and Europe.