Kirsty Ferguson-Lewis, also known as Kri, is a London-based singer, composer, producer and performer whose work explores the feminine voice and composition through the lens of mythology. She is fascinated by the expansive possibilities of the voice and experiments with opera, free improvisation, pop, choral music and early music, creating unique, unorthodox work that transcends traditional genres.
Her most recent achievement is the 2025 contemporary mini-opera Sirena, which she composed, staged and produced for a week-long run at The Glitch in Waterloo and released as her debut album. Sirena reimagines the sirens from Homer’s Odyssey from a modern feminist perspective. The work won an Ettie Award and was described as “mesmerising, atmospheric, and subversively funny” by Irene Lloyd for Everything Theatre.
Other recent projects include Garland by Oliver Leith, The Call by Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst for Serpentine Galleries, Keiji Haino and Musarc at Café OTO and multiple performances of her new solo work Echo.
Collaboration is central to Kirsty’s practice. She is a long-standing member of Musarc experimental choir, with whom she has also composed for a smaller ensemble for her debut EP launch in 2024 at The Old Church Stoke Newington. She is also a member of Orchestra New, a free improvisation ensemble for women, trans and non-binary improvisers, with whom she regularly performs.
Recorded collaborations include featuring as a vocalist on Kloyd’s Night Tales (Cross Country Records), Christian O’Neale’s Into The Night (Hathor Records) and as a soloist in Heleen Van Haegenborgh’s Hidden Affordances and Orchestra New’s cover of Keep Your Laws Off My Body, originally by The Dog Faced Hermans.
Kirsty has performed at the ICA, Café OTO, Lisson Gallery, Vortex Jazz Club, Bold Tendencies, Camden Arts Centre, Sir John Soane’s Museum, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Introducing and Resonance FM. Kirsty was a cohort member of the Freedom to Move residency at HCMF in 2022, tutored by Sofia Jernberg. She also partook in the Time of Music Summer Course in Finland in 2023, where she studied John Cage’s Song Books, tutored by Joan La Barbara.
Kirsty holds a master’s degree with distinction from Goldsmiths in Music, Creative Practice and a Bachelor of Music from Goldsmiths. She is currently recording her latest work, Echo for solo voice, piano, violin, flute and electronics based on the story of Echo and Narcissus from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.