Dr Helen Anahita Wilson

Dr Helen Anahita Wilson is an award-winning composer, sound artist, performer, and post-doctoral research associate whose interdisciplinary practice-based research engages with key themes in the fields of sound studies, composition, life writing, creative and cultural industries, and the health humanities. 

Her practice-based research explores biophilic sound, sonic life writing, acoustemology, artistic sonation, and intercultural approaches to composition and listening. Helen’s work has been featured and supported by organisations including the BBC, Sky Arts, New Scientist, Platoon (Apple Inc.), and the United Nations, and commissioned by hcmf//, Brighton Dome and Festival, and many more. She is the recipient of multiple awards for innovation in music and sound including the Oram Award and PRS Foundation’s Women Make Music grant.

She regularly collaborates with artists, architects, curators, charities, and healthcare organisations to create site-specific installations and, as a performer, she has toured internationally and released multiple critically-acclaimed albums.

• Practice research
• Biophilic sound, music, and design
• Sonic life writing and performance autoethnography
• Intercultural composition and South Asian rhythmic theories
• Sound-based interpretation in museums, gardens, and heritage contexts
• Expanded radio arts, acoustemology, and non-lingual sonic storytelling
• Music and health humanities with a focus on listening, care, and embodied meaning-making

• Personal website.