Zosha is a composer-performer working in a meditative space at the intersection of contemporary improvisation and folk traditions. Using bowed stringed instruments alongside her own voice, her long-form compositions explore transformations of time, tonality, and resonant space. She performs primarily on Hardanger d’amore, a sympathetic-stringed instrument closely related to the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. While her work is informed by the cyclical forms and physical momentum of Nordic folk music, her solo practice “subvert[s] tradition not as a political act, but as a point of departure” (Peter Margasak, Nowhere Street).
Warpeha’s debut solo album, silver dawn, was released on Relative Pitch Records in 2024. Orbweaver, a duo collaboration with Mariel Terán, was released on Outside Time in 2025 to critical acclaim, described by The Wire as “simultaneously centered on intimacy and deeply imaginative sound building, delivering a kind of improvisation that, in spite of its experimental edge, feels decidedly human.” Her second solo album, I grow accustomed to the dark, will be released on Outside Time in March 2026.
Notable performances have taken place at ISSUE Project Room, Lampo, Emanuel Vigeland Museum, Frequency Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Vesterheim Museum, The Stone, Detroit Institute of Arts, Greenwood Cemetery Catacombs, and Duluth-stämman Nordic Music Festival. Warpeha has collaborated with artists including Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Shahzad Ismaily, Henry Birdsey, Leila Bordreuil, Elori Saxl, Kaïa Kater, Anne Hytta, and Unni Løvlid. Ongoing creative projects include duos with percussionist Carlo Costa, bassist Tristan Kasten-Krause, and instrument-builder Webb Crawford, as well as a string trio with improvisers Biliana Voutchkova and Isidora Edwards.