Dafna Naphtali | artist/singer/guitarist/electronic-musician, performer/composer. Active since the mid-90’s in experimental music, contemporary classical and improvised music, using her custom Max/MSP programming for sound processing of voice and other instruments.

Dafna Naphtali is a versatile sound-artist/singer/guitarist/electronic-musician, performer/composer. Active since the mid-90’s in experimental music, contemporary classical and improvised music, using her custom Max/MSP programming for sound processing of voice and other instruments.

“extraordinary experimental vocalist”
(Bruce Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery); “luminary” (Time Out)

News!! Recipient of 2013 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) fellowship in Music and Sound,
and 2013 ASCAP-Plus award!!

Dafna Naphtali y Luis Tabuenca / Festival Audio Tangente, Burgos España Nov. 26, 2013 from Dafna Naphtali on Vimeo.

Art on Air radio — w/ Chuck Bettis/ Chatter Blip @ Experimental Intermedia:

and a fall 2013 performance at Panoply:

may 2013: AP video– Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) featuring my piece Audio Chandelier!

Dafna with LEMUR Music Robots

“Robotica” excerpt from Flea Theater — piece inspired by Al-Jazari, 13th century Mesopotamian inventor of musical automata.

Robotica excerpt: Dafna Naphtali & LEMUR music robots from Dafna Naphtali on Vimeo.

Dafna with Robert Dick and Satoshi Takeishi

Kathy Supové playing Dafna’s piece “Landmine” at NIME 2007:

Landmine @ NIME conference 2007 from Dafna Naphtali on Vimeo.