Laurie Anderson: A spellbinding concert

0000: Laurie Anderson transforms a de-consecrated Paris chapel into an avant-garde sound sanctuary: experimental, elegant, unforgettable.

Laurie Anderson has long stood at the intersection of sound, story and visual art, carving a singular path in experimental music and beyond. According to her label Nonesuch Records, she is “one of America’s most renowned creative pioneers.”

Her latest album Amelia (2024) marks her first new studio record since 2018’s Landfall. Conceived as a 22-track narrative inspired by aviator Amelia Earhart, the work reflects Anderson’s fascination with memory, flight and the unseen. In May 2025, Anderson presented a rare private performance in the de-consecrated chapel of Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc in Paris. Joined by Stewart Hurwood (former guitar technician for Lou Reed) and an ensemble using Reed’s guitars, the event became a sensory journey “a truly special moment,” describe ARTE.

Set within an evocative space that bridges the sacred and the secular, the performance underlines Anderson’s gift for transforming simple gestures, spoken word, violin, voice, silence, into immersive, ritual-like experiences. Her art invites the audience into new emotional and intellectual terrain. Anderson’s work remains indefinable: part performance artist, part composer, part storyteller. She blends electronics and violin, poetry and sound sculpture, with a voice that dares. As one critic observed: “She sees the future, but she starts by paying attention.”

In this new chapter, Laurie Anderson continues to question, imagine, and perform, drawing listeners into a luminous reflection on presence, memory, and possibility.

Genre Live Show
Production year 2025
Recording location Paris
Director Gautier&Leduc