Posts Tagged ‘women composers’
Talia Amar: Reverberations
Pianist and composer Dr. Talia Amar (b. 1989) is the recipient of many international awards including the Israel Prime Minister award 2018, The Acum Award 2019, and the Rosenblum Prize for Promising Young Artist 2016 by the Tel Aviv Municipality. Her pieces are performed by leading ensembles around the world and she was selected to…
Read MoreBethan Morgan-Williams: Gêmdis
Bethan Morgan-Williams (b. 1992) is a composer who writes quirky, rhythmically-intricate music. Describedas “marvellously oblique and obscure” [5against4] while being “rooted in something ancient and folky” [The Telegraph],Bethan’s music finds motivation in the apogee of musical performance. With composer-performer collaborations a keypart of Bethan’s practice, each piece is written according to the characters of those…
Read MoreMalika Kishino: Concerto for Koto
Malika Kishino, born in Kyoto in 1971, studied Law in Kyoto (diploma in 1994). She came to France in 1995, where she studied composition with Yoshihisa Taira (École Normale de Musique, Paris), Robert Pascal (Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse, Lyon) and Philippe Leroux (IRCAM, Paris). She has received grants from the major studios for…
Read MoreGeorgina Palmer: A Music Everywhere
(Submitted by ISCM – NEW ZEALAND SECTION) Georgina Palmer began playing the piano in 2008 at the age of six. During her first year of piano studies she also began to compose, entering and performing her first solo piano work in a competition at the age of seven. Throughout school Georgina was actively involved in music—since…
Read MoreDiana Rotaru: Hannya
(Submitted by ARFA) Romanian composer Diana Rotaru (b. 1981) has written from chamber and orchestral music to chamber opera and soundtracks for multimedia or dance shows and short films. Her music explores different expressive directions, from hypnagogia or pre-oneiric aesthetics, feminine psyche, humor or imaginary folklore. She is also active as a promoter of new…
Read MoreUlrike Mayer-Spohn: fKFW
(Submitted by ISCM – SWISS SECTION) Extraordinary diversity describes the composer and multi-instrumentalist Ulrike Mayer-Spohn (b. 1980) who plays the recorder (with a focus on contemporary music), as well as historical string instruments (fiddle and Baroque violin). She studied composition and audio design with Erik Oña at the Studio of Electronic Music, Academy of Music,…
Read MoreMargareta Ferek Petrić: Fire Walk With(out) Me
(Submitted by ISCM – CROATIAN SECTION) Margareta Ferek Petrić (b. 1982 in Zagreb), composer and artistic director of the Music Biennale Zagreb 2021/23, lives and works in Vienna, Austria and Zagreb, Croatia. She studied composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna where her teachers included Ivan Eröd, Klaus Peter Sattler, and…
Read MoreIulia Cibisescu-Duran: Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra No. 2
(Submitted by ARFA) Iulia-Narcisa Cibișescu-Duran (b.1966) is a Romanian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed in Germany, France, Italy, USA, Brazil, Bolivia, and Australia. Ms. Cibișescu-Duran studied composition with Cornel Taranu and then orchestral conducting with Emil Simon and Petre Sbarcea at ”Ghe. Dima” National Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca,…
Read MoreZorada Temmingh: Wavering
(Submitted by ISCM – SOUTH AFRICA SECTION) Zorada Temmingh is considered one of South Africa’s foremost organ improvisers. In addition to being the first South African to release a CD with organ improvisations (she has released six to date), she was also the first to do soundtrack improvisations for silent movies. For her groundbreaking contribution…
Read MoreBatya Frenklakh: Nocturne
(Submitted by ISCM – ISRAELI SECTION) Batya Frenklakh (b. 1992) is a master’s degree student in composition at Anton Bruckner Private University under the direction of Prof. Carola Bauckholt (’19-). Previously she studied with Mr. Dan Yuhas (’14-’17) and Mr. Reuben Seroussi (’17-’19), and completed her first master at The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at…
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