Sonja Vectomov

Sonja Vectomov (born 21 May 1979) is a Czech-Finnish electronic musician and composer who descends from a family rooted in the classical music world. Her parents were and Sonja Vectomov.
Education
In the early 2000s Vectomov studied at Norwich University of the Arts, where she was awarded a degree in 2005.
Career
Vectomov's initial music experiments began during the 1980s in Finland and involved musique concrète with home tape recorders, four years of performing and touring with the children's choir under the direction of , and violin and piano studies under a curriculum for precocious children at Keski-Suomen konservatorio, where her father taught classical guitar. Her grandfather , also a composer, was a cellist with the Czech Philharmonic for 22 years, and her uncle was the cellist .
As a solo artist Vectomov's concerts sometimes involve elements of installation, e.g., the transformation of a stage into a salon. She has stated that Conlon Nancarrow and David Byrne are important influences.
Lamprophrenia
The title of Vectomov's experimental debut album is her self-coined portmanteau of the Neo-Latin / Greek words lampron (bright) and phrenia (mind). The album features electronic compositions with vocals, Its first single was "Two in One."
Miscellaneous
Vectomov has designed and taught music workshops for at-risk youths and disadvantaged Romani children in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.
Vectomov makes a cameo appearance in H*art On, Andrea Culková's 2016 documentary film about the virtually unknown early 20th century writer and her husband, -era painter .

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