An intense and committed actress, Sarah Aristidou received outstanding reviews for her breakthrough performances as Shoko in the world-premiere of Thomas Larcher’s Das Jagdgewehr in co-production with Bregenzer Festspiele and Aldeburgh Festival and her recent debut at Bayerische Staatsoper in a collaborative production of Toshio Hosokawa’s Hanjo between choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija brought considerable further acclaim. As Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Aristidou has performed at Berliner Staatsoper unter den Linden, Oper Frankfurt and Semperoper Dresden and as Ismene in Mozart’s Mitridate, she joined productions in Copenhagen, Malmö and Berlin, the latter conducted by Marc Minkowski. Further appearances on the opera stage include Dallapiccola’s Ulisse at Oper Frankfurt and Lucia Rochetti’s Pinocchio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

Aristidou, an enthusiastic champion of new music, has inspired several compositions including Aribert Reimann’s Cinq fragments lyriques, premiered with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati and Jörg Widmann​’s Labyrinth IV, presented with Boulez Ensemble and Daniel Barenboim and she made acclaimed debuts at Salzburger Festspiele in Morton Feldman’s Neither with ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and Roland Kluttig and with Berliner Philharmoniker in Edgard Varèse Offrandes under François-Xavier Roth.

Although much time on the concert platform has been dedicated to contemporary music, Sarah Aristidou’s repertoire equally encompassing core classics like Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem (Lahti Symphony Orchestra/​Masaaki Suzuki), Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (Gürzenich-Orchester/Roth), Orff’s Carmina Burana (WDR Sinfonieorchester/​Cristian Măcelaru) and Bach’s St John’s Passion (Gürzenich-Orchester/Roth). She has further appeared with WDR Sinfonieorchester under Roderick Cox in Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre, sang the world premiere of Larcher’s The Living Mountain at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Abrahamsen’s Let Me Tell You with Philharmonie Zuidnederland and Duncan Ward, Schӧnberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Matthias Pintscher’s With Lilies White with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by the composer himself and George Benjamin’s Mind of Fire with Finnegan Downie Dear conducting Staatskapelle Berlin.

Aristidou released her debut album ÆTHER on Alpha Classics in 2021 featuring a collaboration with Thomas Guggeis and Orchester des Wandels. The album was nominated for a BBC Music Magazine Award and includes guest artists Daniel Barenboim, Emmanuel Pahud and Christian Rivet in a programme ranging from Handel to Varèse and the premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Labyrinth V. Aristidou’s second album ENIGMA is set for release on Alpha Classics in November 2023. Other recordings include Thomas Larcher’s The Living Mountain for ECM and S’Agapo with Kaan Bulak for Feral Note.