Lyra Pramuk
Lyra Pramuk is an American singer, songwriter and performance artist.
Early life and education
Pramuk grew up in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. As a young adult, she performed on stage in church choirs, orchestras, and with musical theater groups. Pramuk, who grew up as a boy, said she didn't feel the need to "come out as a gay man" because "it was dangerous to be different." Pramuk moved to Rochester, New York, where she attended the Eastman School of Music and participated in a program that required her to complete daily vocal exercises in six different languages. During her studies, she spent several periods abroad in Berlin, where she made contacts with various musicians and artists and became acquainted with the city's techno scene.Career
After graduating from Eastman, Pramuk moved to Berlin in 2013 and released her first vocal pieces via Bandcamp. She collaborated with sound artists such as Holly Herndon and Colin Self and attended artist-in-residence programs in Tokyo and Stockholm. At this time, Pramuk also publicly came out as transgender, which she documented thoroughly on her Instagram channel.In 2020, Pramuk's debut studio album, Fountain, was released on the Icelandic label Bedroom Community. The remix album Delta followed in 2021, featuring reworkings of her tracks by Valgeir Sigurðsson, Colin Self, Hudson Mohawke, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Caterina Barbieri, Eris Drew, Ben Frost, Gabber Modus Operandi, and Tygapaw. Her second studio album, Hymnal, was released in 2025 on the German label 7k!.
Pramuk teaches "Experiments in the Future of Performance" at Campus of [New York University#Foreign facilities|NYU Berlin].