Composer, cellist and singer, Dom La Nena was born in Brazil, where she began studying music at the age of five. After training in classical cello in Buenos Aires and later in Paris, she toured extensively alongside renowned artists such as Jane Birkin, Jeanne Moreau, Étienne Daho and Piers Faccini.

 

Her solo albums were subsequently acclaimed by the international press, including The Wall Street Journal (“A young Brian Wilson”), The New Yorker (“Every song is sacred”), the BBC (“Incredible and beautiful”), NPR (“A sound both gentle and haunting”), and The Guardian (“An enchantment”).

 

Since 2013, Dom La Nena has performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages, including the Philharmonie de Paris, the Philharmonie du Luxembourg, the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Barbican Centre and the Southbank Centre.

 

In 2021, she was nominated for the Victoires du Jazz in the World Music category for her album Tempo. That same year, the Musée d’Orsay invited her for a carte blanche as part of the exhibition “Enfin, le Cinema!”. On this occasion, she composed the music for several films by filmmaker Germaine Dulac and has since developed an ongoing practice as a composer for film.

She has written original scores for several documentary films, feature films and series, including On Ira (dir. Enya Baroux), La Vie de Ma Mère (with Agnès Jaoui), the Arte series Ceux qui rougissent, L’Étoile filante (dir. Abel & Gordon), as well as Le Chant des Forêts, the latest film by Vincent Munier, which was awarded the Lumière Award for Best Original Score.

 

In 2025, she was also invited to perform at the Concert de Paris on July 14 beneath the Eiffel Tower, appearing as a soloist accompanied by the Orchestre National de France conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, along with the Maîtrise de Radio France.

 

Since 2012, Dom La Nena has formed the duo Birds on a Wire with singer Rosemary Standley (Moriarty). The duo explores a wide repertoire ranging from folk and classical music to pop and experimental songs, reinterpreting works by artists such as Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, The Cure, Radiohead and Purcell, alongside original compositions.

 

Birds on a Wire has enjoyed remarkable critical and public success, touring extensively across Europe and performing on major stages and festivals. Their albums — Birds on a Wire (2014), Ramages (2020) and Nuées Ardentes (2025) — have been praised for their originality, emotional depth and singular blend of voices and cello, establishing the duo as a unique presence on the contemporary music scene.

 

Beyond the stage, Dom La Nena and Rosemary Standley have developed numerous high-profile collaborations. They composed the music for the Valentino fashion show during Paris Fashion Week 2024 and have worked with a wide range of artists and ensembles, including the Maîtrise de Radio France under the direction of Sofi Jeannin, Philippe Jaroussky, Stephan Eicher, the Orchestre National de Bretagne, as well as magicians Étienne Saglio and Yann Frisch.

They were also invited for a carte blanche at the Louvre for Une nuit au Louvre avec Birds on a Wire, a special nocturnal performance conceived for the museum and later adapted into a film broadcast on Arte.