Born in Stockholm, Sweden 1972. Sofie wrote her first song when she was nine years old. She plays piano, guitar as well as sings. She studied at Sodra Latins Gymnasium and The Royal College of Music in Stockholm: http://www.kmh.se/.
From very early on she used poems for her music, Shakespeare, Karin Boye and Flower-poems. Later on she came in contact with the writers: Dan Andersson, Claes Andersson, Sylvia Plath, Jeanette Winterson, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson and has added music to their words or uses them for readings in concerts. She has composed a Christmas oratorio: Mary's Question (2001), with folktales, for ex. Bronsons book of Ballads: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Ballads. As well as choir-music: Nursery Rhymes - for kids, youngsters and grownups from the English children rhyme tradition. She has also composed a lot of theatre music during the years: Brothers Karamazov- Dostojevskij: http://www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se/index.asp?pjaser/broderna_karamazov.asp&main, School of Wives - Molière, Dario Fo among others. She has worked with well loved Swedish folksinger Sofia Karlsson, as a composer and musician. They have been touring the whole Scandinavia for the past few years. Sofia Karlsson has been rewarded with several Grammy-awards's, the latest 2012 for best folk CD - "Levande", wherein Sofie has a large part with her songs, playing instruments and singing two duets. Listen to a duet from a concert in Lund 2011: From here to here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7cND9TInjI&feature=related. In 2010 she released her first Cd From Here To Here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/from-here-to-here-grey-skies/id362889075?i=362889260&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 with both music and lyrics written by Sofie Livebrant. On April 18th 2012 the new album "Emily and I" met the world. The album contains eleven songs from Emily Dickinsons poems. The Swedish edition is a book with paintings of Lars Lerin: http://www.laxholmen.org/news_1.html, prosetranslations of Ann-Marie Vinde, comments, biographies and more. Adding the movie and music project Lighthouse Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ_6Ilz1cWU&t=4s with songs based on the novel Lighthousekeeping 2016 by Jeanette Winterson. Album Secrets 2018 an album with her own lyrics who led her to travel to Sardinia and Georgia to meet choirs who sings in old folk traditions.
From very early on she used poems for her music, Shakespeare, Karin Boye and Flower-poems. Later on she came in contact with the writers: Dan Andersson, Claes Andersson, Sylvia Plath, Jeanette Winterson, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson and has added music to their words or uses them for readings in concerts. She has composed a Christmas oratorio: Mary's Question (2001), with folktales, for ex. Bronsons book of Ballads: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Ballads. As well as choir-music: Nursery Rhymes - for kids, youngsters and grownups from the English children rhyme tradition. She has also composed a lot of theatre music during the years: Brothers Karamazov- Dostojevskij: http://www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se/index.asp?pjaser/broderna_karamazov.asp&main, School of Wives - Molière, Dario Fo among others. She has worked with well loved Swedish folksinger Sofia Karlsson, as a composer and musician. They have been touring the whole Scandinavia for the past few years. Sofia Karlsson has been rewarded with several Grammy-awards's, the latest 2012 for best folk CD - "Levande", wherein Sofie has a large part with her songs, playing instruments and singing two duets. Listen to a duet from a concert in Lund 2011: From here to here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7cND9TInjI&feature=related. In 2010 she released her first Cd From Here To Here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/from-here-to-here-grey-skies/id362889075?i=362889260&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 with both music and lyrics written by Sofie Livebrant. On April 18th 2012 the new album "Emily and I" met the world. The album contains eleven songs from Emily Dickinsons poems. The Swedish edition is a book with paintings of Lars Lerin: http://www.laxholmen.org/news_1.html, prosetranslations of Ann-Marie Vinde, comments, biographies and more. Adding the movie and music project Lighthouse Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ_6Ilz1cWU&t=4s with songs based on the novel Lighthousekeeping 2016 by Jeanette Winterson. Album Secrets 2018 an album with her own lyrics who led her to travel to Sardinia and Georgia to meet choirs who sings in old folk traditions.
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