In 1983 during a brief collaboration with the group Anaïd, she met several English musicians from the Canterbury scene: the former Gong drummer Pip Pyle (with whom she lived with for several years), and in the aftermath the former Soft Machine members Elton Dean (saxophone) and Hugh Hopper (bass).

[3] In 1986, she met Bernard Drouillet (drums) during a studio session, and he invited her to join the Trio Davenport created by Charles Calamel (double bass).

With the latter and drummers Bruno Tocanne and Tony Levin,[4] she formed the Sophia Domancich Trio with which she toured for eight years, including the London club Ronnie Scott's in 1992, and recorded five studio albums (mostly original compositions).

In 1990, she participated in the album Little Bottle of Laundry from John Greaves (former bassist and singer of the experimental rock group Henry Cow).

The collaboration continued with Songs (1995), partly sung by Robert Wyatt, and The Trouble With Happiness (2003), in trio with Vincent Courtois (cello).

[5][1] In 1999, she became the first woman to receive the Prix Django Reinhardt from the Jazz Academy as French Musician of the Year [6] In 2000 she formed the Quintet Pentacle, with Simon Goubert, Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Claude Tchamitchian, Michel Marre, with whom she recorded two albums.