Gladys Mercedes Nordenstrom (1924–2016), United States Studied composition for Ernst Krenek, Austria; they married in 1950. She has written works for flute and piano, for string ensemble, and for orchestra, often serial… Läs mer

Laura Constance Netzel, composed under the name N Lago (1839–1927), Sweden Composer, pianist, conductor. Born in Finland (Laura Constance Pistolekors). Studied composition for the conductor and organist Wilhelm Heintze, Stockholm and Lund, and… Läs mer

Vittoria Aleotti (ca. 1570–1620 or 1646), Italy May be the same person as Raffaella Aleotti. Nun and organist in the Augustine order. Believed to be the first woman composer of sacred music whose… Läs mer

Laura Valborg Aulin (1860–1928) Composer, pianist, music teacher. Composition teachers included Ludvig Norman, and later Neils W. Gade and Jules Massenet. Composed many pieces for chamber ensemble, orchestra (the suite Tableaux Parisians), choir and… Läs mer

Mary Bumpus, see Frances Allitsen          

Hanna Kulenty (b. 1961) Warsaw, Poland and Arnhem, the Netherlands Works with orchestral music, opera, chamber music, and electroacoustic music. She has composed two operas, 12 works for large orchestra (including three… Läs mer

Sulpitia Cesis (1577-ca. 1620), Italy Composer and lutist. Nun at the convent of St. Geminiano in Modena. Her only known work is Motet Spirituali (23 motets for 2-12 voices), composed in 1619.    … Läs mer

Unsuk Chin (b. 1961), South Korea Studied composition at the Seoul National University and later with György Ligeti in Hamburg. Currently resides in Berlin. She has composed music for orchestra, solo voices, choir,… Läs mer

Synne Skouen (b. 1950), Norway   Studied composition at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. She was a member of the… Läs mer

Nathalie Fougeras (b. 1966), Sweden and France Sound artist. Artistic consultant for the Hörlursfestival.   Website ›  

Alessandra Ciccaglioni (b. 1973), Rome, Italy Studied at the Conservatorio di musica Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Janacek Academy in Brno, and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She has composed… Läs mer

Olga Neuwirth (b. 1968), Austria Studied at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Has composed music for orchestra and smaller ensembles, for theater and… Läs mer

Tanja Orning (b. 1967), Norway Cellist, improviser, and composer. Studied in Oslo, in London, and at Indiana University in the United States. Has performed as a cello soloist for Norwegian symphony orchestras, now… Läs mer

Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), Mexico Poet, nun, and composer (best known as an author). Learned to read at the age of three and mastered Greek and Latin as a… Läs mer

Lady Mary Dering, née Harvey (1629–1704), England Began her education in 1640 at Mrs. Salmon’s School (known as the “Ladies’ University of the Female Arts”). She took lute lessons with Henry Lawes,… Läs mer

Marie Jaëll, née Trautman (1846–1925), France Composer and pianist. Born and raised in Alsace, but resided for most of her life in Paris. Studied composition for Camille Saint-Saëns and César Franck and piano for… Läs mer

Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952), the Netherlands A celebrated pianist of the 1920s (studied with her mother Sara Benedicts, the Dutch concert pianist). Wrote her Drie Klavierstukken as a teenager. After studying composition in the late… Läs mer

Gloria Coates (b. 1938), United States and Germany Born in Wisconsin but is a longtime resident Germany. She has composed a large number of pieces since the early 1960s for most… Läs mer

Konstantia Gourzi (b. 1962), Greece Composer and conductor; professor at the Hochschule for Musik und Theater in Munich, where she is also the director of  “ensemble octopus.” In the 1990s she… Läs mer

Poldowski, pseudonym of Irene Régine Wieniawski (1879–1932), Belgium and the United Kingdom   See Régine Wieniawski ›