INA FILIP

Ina Filip is a Brazilian-born, Québec-based vocalist and composer whose work bridges modal improvisation, contemporary composition, and classical traditions. Known for her emotionally resonant voice and genre-defying versatility, she draws from years of rigorous study in Indian classical music, Brazilian musicality, and experimental vocal art to shape a vocal language that is both deeply personal and expansively collaborative.

 

Her artistic foundation was forged through immersive training in Dhrupad, the most microtonal and meditative form of Indian classical music, under the guidance of the Gundecha Brothers. Dhrupad’s precision in tuning, focus on resonance, and integration of breath and stillness continue to ground her evolving practice as a composer and improviser. In parallel, her improvisational practice has been profoundly shaped by Bobby McFerrin’s vocal approach, which she has explored, studied, and embodied through years of playful experimentation and deep listening.

 

Ina is currently co-creating Raga Cycle, a multi-album arc with composer and pianist Michael Harrison, a Guggenheim Fellow and pioneer of harmonic tuning systems. As lead vocalist and co-composer, she shapes a body of work that merges raga-inspired modal improvisation with minimalist piano and electroacoustic aesthetics. The first album is complete, the second and third are in production.

 

Her collaborative scope extends into interdisciplinary creation. She co-created the music for 24 Hours at Once, an installation with Harrison and filmmaker Bill Morrison, presented by Art Letters & Numbers in New York, and contributed to Passage, a project with Harrison, musicians, and visual artist Nina Elder, presented at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts in North Carolina.

 

Ina’s voice has also appeared in contexts ranging from ambient electroacoustic scores to raga-based vocal polyphonies. Her projects include Cantos de Ma, a solo album centered on voice and silence, and Polyphonic Malkauns, a contemporary reinterpretation of raga with composer Payton MacDonald. She has contributed to the global electronic scene, recording with producers such as Soohan and Adham Shaikh, whose works featuring her vocals reached wide international audiences.

 

Across all her projects, Ina’s voice carries the discipline of long-dedicated practice and the freedom of improvisation, inviting listeners into a space of resonance, presence, and expanded perception.