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Helena Espvall

Sweden · cello, guitar, voice, free improvisation & experimental folk

Helena Espvall is a Swedish cellist, guitarist and vocalist whose work moves between free improvisation, experimental music and psychedelic folk.

She became widely known through groups including Espers and The Valerie Project and has also developed an extensive improvising practice. Her Creative Sources catalogue is particularly substantial, with repeated appearances in Lisbon-based string and large-ensemble projects.

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Gravity

CS361

String Theory · Helena Espvall — cello

Recorded live at O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, 11 March 2016.

Tellurium

CS500

String Theory · Helena Espvall — cello

Recorded live at O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, 22 November 2017.

sul

CS534

Helena Espvall — cello

Recorded at Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, 17 February 2018.

Krypton

CS608

String Theory · Helena Espvall — cello

Recorded live at O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, 5 November 2018.

Radium

CS609

Isotope Ensemble · Helena Espvall — cello

Recorded live at O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, 6 November 2018.

Mare

CS612

Variable Geometry Orchestra · Helena Espvall — cello

Recorded live at O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, 10 November 2018.

Symbolic Boundary

CS667

DICEROS · Helena Espvall — cello

Recorded live at Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, 22 February 2019.

Queen Triot

CS670

Helena Espvall — cello

Recorded at Namouche Studio, Lisbon, November 2018.

Uranium

CS754

Helena Espvall — cello

Recorded live at O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, November 2021.

Illuminations

CS844

Ernesto Rodrigues — viola · Helena Espvall — cello · Tracy Lisk — drums

Recorded at COSMOS, Lisbon, 26 May 2024.