Sharleen Revia (b. 1996, Indonesia) is a composer, sound artist, and music theatre maker based in Germany. Her artistic practice moves fluidly between contemporary concert music, electroacoustic composition, and music theatre, exploring the intersection of sound, movement, and space. Drawing inspiration from diverse cultural traditions, everyday sounds, and unconventional instruments, she creates immersive performances that blur the boundaries between concert, theatre, and sound installation.

Revia studied Audio Design at Deutsche POP Akademie before completing her composition studies at the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt under Prof. Il-Ryun Chung and Arne Gieshoff, where she also completed her postgraduate artistic studies in 2023.

Her works have been performed by renowned ensembles and institutions including the Staatstheater Darmstadt, Kairos Quartett, AsianArt Ensemble, Dalmoon Ensemble, Ensemble Le Pecore, and the Zeitströme Festival. Her composition Heimat premiered at the Staatstheater Darmstadt in 2019, followed by Teka-Teki for Asian and Western instruments in Berlin (2020) and Ode of Spring at the Korean Cultural Center Berlin (2023). Her zither solo work Wenn der Mond singt was selected as the compulsory piece for the International Zither Competition Munich 2026. In 2019, she received the Third Prize at the Günter Bialas Composition Competition, and her work has also been featured on HR2 Kultur.

Alongside her compositional work, Revia develops music theatre projects in which instrumental performance and theatrical action become inseparable. Rather than treating musicians solely as performers of sound, she is interested in revealing their physical presence on stage through gesture, movement, and visual storytelling. Her work seeks theatrical expression without requiring musicians to become actors, allowing music itself to shape the dramatic narrative.

Collaboration and artistic exchange are central to her practice. Through interdisciplinary performances, participatory workshops, and educational projects, she is committed to making contemporary music accessible to diverse audiences while fostering dialogue across cultures and artistic disciplines.

Today, Sharleen Revia continues to develop interdisciplinary works that combine composition, improvisation, electronics, and music theatre. Her artistic vision is to create poetic and immersive experiences in which sound, space, movement, and visual imagery merge into a single expressive language.