Francesca Ter-Berg

FRANCESCA
TER-BERG

SUNDAY
21.09.25
TIME: 15:30 - 16:15
ST LAURENCE CHURCH


Francesca is a cellist and composer known for her unique style which blends Klezmer, Improvisation, and electronic synthesis. Her debut EP (Phantom Limb Label achieved Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp + Quietus Best Releases of 2021). Francesca writes for film and TV, commissions include the Turner Contemporary and Margate NOW Festival. Her critically acclaimed duo Fran & Flora (“Border-defying” – Mojo, “vibrant, mournfully expressive, and creatively imaginative” – Line Of Best Fit) released their 2nd self-produced studio album Precious Collection in April 2024 on Hidden Notes Records (The Guardian Top 10 Folk Albums of 2024).She tours and records with Imogen Heap, Tom Skinner, Portico Quartet, Ziah Ziah and prominent klezmorim including Grammy award winner Frank London, Zoe Aqua and Craig Judelman.  She has spent many years developing her Klezmer style, adapting the cello to explore all aspects of the music from accompaniment, tenor lines and bass to melody and simultaneously singing. Francesca performs and teaches at Klezmer festivals globally including KlezMore Vienna, KlezFest London, Yiddish New York and is a Professor of Electronic & Produced music at Guildhall School of Music & Drama.