Isabella Koen is a sound artist, producer, DJ, educator, and curator whose work explores listening as both material and method. 

Working within and against the language of techno, she uses recontextualization, distortion, and improvisation to create conditions where familiarity and uncertainty exist side by side.


Koen's work spans immersive all-hardware live performances and recorded works, each drawing from original compositions, collected sounds, and an evolving archive assembled through years of listening. Fragments of sound become vessels rather than markers of influence. As sounds are broken apart, eroded, and reconstituted, they create space for listening histories to intersect, where individual experiences quietly become part of a shared one. Rather than prescribing meaning, her work creates conditions where meaning can emerge through listening.
TEACHING +
Collaboration with Chloë Engel
Original score and live performance

An original score composed for choreographer Chloë Engel's performance at Lifeworld, New York. Developed in close collaboration throughout the rehearsal process, the work explored themes of technofeminism, optimization, and embodied ritual through processed voice, synthesizers, and multichannel sound. My role included composing the score, performing live electronics, and shaping the sonic environment in dialogue with movement.
Lettone Runway Show (2026)

Collaboration with Lettone
Original Score and Live Performance
An original score composed and performed live for Lettone's debut presentation at New York Fashion Week. Developed in close collaboration with the designer, the work explored the space between medieval imagery and contemporary femininity through original composition, voice, and live electronics. Performed alongside the runway, the score became an extension of the collection's atmosphere, movement, and emotional landscape.

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