One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music, Charlotte Bray combines vivid musical imagination with emotional directness and lyrical intensity. Her work is marked by an uninhibited ambition to communicate and frequently engages with contemporary social and political issues, including displacement, terrorism, reconciliation, environmental change and humanity’s capacity for both violence and compassion. Born in the UK and now living in Berlin, Bray has established an international reputation for music of powerful expressive force and contemporary relevance.

“One of the outstanding composing talents of her generation”

The Evening Standard

The 2026/27 Season brings a Violin Concerto, written for Leila Josefowicz and commissioned by BBC Symphony Orchestra, Kansas Symphony, New Zealand Symphony and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, as well as a new work for Chamber Orchestra, commissioned by L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Britten Sinfonia, Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Camerata Salzburg. L’Auditori in Barcelona will present a Composer Portrait concert, curated by Bray and featuring the Spanish premiere of her new work for horn and string quartet, That which you wove of lightest thread, I wear to honour stone.