Freya Berkhout is a Sydney-born multi-award winning composer, vocalist, writer and creative technologist based in Los Angeles.
Her passion is to manifest profound, emotional, thought-provoking experiences, creating sonic worlds that span the dark and enigmatic to the delicate, exquisite and transcendental. She revels in bold, celebratory intersectional feminist and queer narratives and perspectives.
Freya’s first professional music endeavour was experimental pop duo kyü with Alyx Dennison. kyü released two albums to critical acclaim, winning a slew of awards, including the prestigious Qantas Spirit of Youth Award for Music in 2010.
Her film scores have screened at festivals around the globe, including Cannes, SxSW, Warsaw, Tribeca and BFI London Film Festivals. Freya is a graduate of Sydney University and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, where she won the Kenneth B. Myer Award for Exceptional Talent upon graduation. Freya completed a Masters in Computational Art at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2018, receiving the Humanitarian Scholarship.
Freya has been nominated for two APRA Screen Music Awards, for Best Music in a Short Film (Shiloh, 2019) and Best Soundtrack Album (The Greenhouse, 2021), and she received the prestigious APRA Professional Development Award in 2021. You can find her soundtracks on Spotify or whatever streaming platform you favour.
As a creative technologist, Freya has scored a host of interactive installation works with Esem Projects and Junior Major at The Australian Museum, The Powerhouse Museum and Sydney Living Museum. She recently worked with Unit9 to create an immersive experience for British Columbia Tourism.
In 2023, Freya returned to the world of music, releasing her debut solo album Fruit. She plays shows around the US.
Freya is a 2024 WIF Music Fellow and a 2025 recipient of the Reel Change Grant from New Music USA. In 2025, she scored Ride or Die, which premieres in competition at Tribeca.