Sofi Paez' journey led her from Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose, where she grew up, to Germany’s capital, Berlin, where she now lives. Now the road culminates with a bewitching, enriching debut album. "Silent Stories" marks the pianist, singer and composer’s status as the first signing to award-winning composer and producer Ólafur Arnalds' OPIA Community.
Paez' character is stamped throughout her debut, illuminating compositions which allow her to express parts of herself that otherwise she might fear sharing. What once seemed incongruous provides the very essence of what makes her and her music so special: the balancing of conflicting emotional needs and the harmony in their reconciliation.
It's very difficult for me to open up, I'm afraid of telling people too much. So, these are the Silent Stories that I carry with me every day.