Sofía Salvo is a baritone sax player-improviser-composer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, based in Berlin since 2019. She is known for her role in the eccentric septet Kuhn Fu and her fearless performance at the last A L’arme festival with heavyweights Japanese guitarist-vocalist Kenji Haino and Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love.
Salvo’s discography has been slim so far and features a quartet with British sax player Colin Webster (Sowieso, Raw Tonk, 2023) and a trio with Canadian guitarist Aidan Baker (Siguiente, Gizeh, 2023). Rotarota is Salvo’s debut solo baritone sax album and is part of the Relative Pitch Solo Series, focusing mainly on young and upcoming female improvisers. The album was recorded in Berlin in March 2023.
Salvo has been practicing the free improvised solo format for a few years now. Rotarota consists of a series of eight improvised pieces, highlighting Salvo’s commanding playing on the baritone sax, including extended breathing techniques. These evocative and thoughtful pieces suggest passionate and touching memories aspiring to set them free and mutate them into fiery, intense music.
Eyal Hareuveni
Sofia Salvo (baritone saxophone)
