Kinna is a British composer, singer, visual artist and musician based in East Sussex. Their work is multi-faceted and includes acoustic and electronic music, art film, music/sound production and performance. Inspired by American minimalist composers, British art rock musicians and installation artists, Kinna draws influences from many artistic disciplines to create eclectic and exciting new work.

Kinna’s work has been performed and displayed at Centrala, Flatpack Festival, T Street Gallery, Eastside Projects (Birmingham), the Manchester Jazz Festival, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Peckham Festival and the Royal Academy of Music (London). Their film Lights was selected to be displayed in the 2023 Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition and was awarded the Arts Club Under-35 Award. Their work has been played on BBC Radio Sussex and Brum Radio, which included an interview on The Glass Age. Amongst many commissions, Kinna has composed new works for Quatuor Bozzini and Flow Unit 3 and they were selected to compose a new fanfare for George Lewis’ honorary doctorate ceremony. They have also worked on many collaborative projects, including a multi-media dance project Language of Tapestry with theatre-maker Alexander Kaniewski.

Alongside composition and film, Kinna is an accomplished singer and instrumentalist. While studying with Gavin Bryars, they were inspired to learn the viola da gamba and to play the harpsichord, which has greatly influenced their songwriting style. Their solo work now includes singing at the harpsichord, alongside pre-programmed electronics. Kinna is also the vocalist in the electronic music group Her Revelation, who have performed in many venues across Birmingham and at the Manchester Jazz Festival. Kinna began their musical development playing the cello, and whilst at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Kinna performed in a string quartet and in the RBC Symphony Orchestra and Final Projects Orchestra. Previously, they performed in Howard Moody’s Opera Agreed at Glyndebourne (2019) and in the BBC Proms with Jonny Greenwood (2018).

Kinna completed a degree in composition at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in June 2024. Previously they studied composition at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music.

“Kinna’s work leads from a sonic perspective to bring the daily activity of people into the metaphysical, creating a sense of awareness of our changing world and climate with a calm stance; which aims to leave the viewer not in a state of fear for our collective environmental and social impact, but with an understanding of the one eco-system we all reside within and the very nature of our interconnectedness.” - T Street Gallery, on Kinna’s solo exhibition ‘Dyad’