Sonia Megias is a composer, singer, and choir director whose early life fused music and drawing into a single creative language. From a young age, these disciplines provided her with the tools to conceive works and projects that feel both deeply expressive and structurally bold.
She hails from Germany and has made Alicante her home since 2019, after stints in Madrid and New York. The sea’s vast presence surrounding her new base has become an essential source of inspiration, shaping how she listens and writes.
While composition remains at the core of her practice, a substantial portion of her output emerges through improvisation. She describes improvisation as a direct channeling with no conditions attached, a form of speaking through music rather than simply reading or memorizing a score. For Megias, music grants wings to express what lives inside, and she rejects the notion of mimicking established authorities. Her belief is that authentic voice comes from embracing one’s own impulses and speaking honestly rather than adhering to preconceived codes.
Today she leads CoroAdelantal in Alicante, a laboratory for vocal experimentation housed at MACA. The project explores rare notes and unconventional media—graphic, tactile, edible, and video notes—developed under Megias’s guidance to expand what a choir can be and how it can communicate.
Alongside poet Eva Guillamon, she forms the vocal duo Dúa de Pel, with plans for a new collaboration marking the 110th anniversary of a local cultural institution. The project envisions performances with painter María Dolores Mulá and the Alicante Municipal Symphony Band, creating a multidisciplinary bridge between sound, image, and public concert life.
Megias stresses a long-standing commitment to music as a tool for social integration, particularly for people with functional diversity. She has consistently advocated for gender equality, asserting that women deserve leadership roles in culture and the arts.
Her work in El Salvador, supported by the Spanish Agency for Development Cooperation, deepened her understanding of Nahuat, a language tied to her ancestral roots. This experience informed a project she led, Ne nawat shchikisa (Nahuat), which continued to evolve through 2018 and contributed to the revitalization of cultural traditions.
For Megias, the interweaving of arts disciplines is a central mode of intervention. The cross-pollination of music with visual arts, theater, and dance allows for a more faithful expression of her voice as it travels through museums and cultural venues around the world.
Her most recent initiative is the online fanzine LaVidaenMusica.es, a platform that features interviews with fascinating artists from diverse backgrounds, surreal silent videos, diaries about other disciplines, and reflective pieces on the creative process.
When asked for one last piece of advice for fellow artists, she emphasized the importance of pursuing dreams and trusting intuition. She also cautioned against letting tradition imprison creative impulses, encouraging risk-taking and open-ended exploration in artistic work.