Irene Régine Wieniawski (1879–1932), Belgium and the United Kingdom Born in Brussels, the daughter of Polish violinist and composer Henryk Wieniawski. Moved to London with her mother at age 16. Composed for a… Läs mer

Gayane C’ebotaryan [Chebotrian] (1918–1998), Armenia and Russia   Armenian composer and musicologist/music writer. Trained at the Leningrad Conservatory. Selected works: Piano Trio, Suite for Orchestra no. 2, Six Preludes, Polifonicheskii al’bom glia iunoshestva: 13 fortepiannykh… Läs mer

Gayane C’ebotaryan [Chebotorian] (1918-1998), Armenien/Ryssland Armenisk tonsättare och musikforskare/skribent. Utbildad vid Leningrad-konservatoriet. Exempel på verk: Pianotrio, Svit för orkester No. 2, Sex preludier, Polifonicheskii al’bom dlia iunoshestva. 13 fortepiannykh p’es collection        

Ruth Dorothy Louisa Gipps (1921–1999), United Kingdom   Oboist, pianist, conductor, and composer. A musical prodigy who composed her first piece at the age of eight. She studied at the Royal… Läs mer

Varvara Andrianovna Gaigerova (1903–1944), Russia Composer, pianist, and concertmaster. Trained at the Moscow Conservatory, where she studied composition for Nikolai Miaskovsky. She was concertmaster for the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra from 1936–1944. Her compositions inspired by the… Läs mer

Emelie Augusta Kristina Holmberg (married name Hammarskjöld) (1821–1854), Sweden and the United States Gave her first concert as a singer and pianist in 1838 at age 17. She published her own… Läs mer

Krystyna Pettersson (b. 1930), Stockholm Composer, pianist, educator. Studied music theory and composition in Poland. Has resided in Sweden since 1970, where she continued her music studies and has also… Läs mer

Julia Wolfe (b. 1958), New York, United States   Has composed many works for strings, from quartets to large orchestral pieces. Draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock music. Selected works: Cruel… Läs mer

Belle van Zuylen, also Isabelle de Charrière or Madame de Charrière (née Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken) (1740–1805), the Netherlands and Switzerland Writer and composer. Born in Holland but lived the… Läs mer

Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805) – see Belle van Zuylen

Amy Worth (1888–1967), United Kingdom        

Vally Weigl (1894–1982), Austria and the United States   More information ›

Raphaèle Biston (b. 1975), France   Studied composition with a concentration in electroacoustic music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse in Lyon for Robert Pascal and Denis Lorrain. Biston teaches flute at… Läs mer

Carmen Maria Cârneci (b. 1957), Bucharest, Romania Studied composition and conduction at the Bucharest conservatory; studied composition as a DAAD fellow at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg. She has won major prizes for composition… Läs mer

Ingeborg Starck von Bronsart (also Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf or Ingeborg von Bronsart) ( 1840–1913), Sweden – Germany Ingeborg Lena Starck was born in Russia, the daughter of Margareta Åkerman and Otto… Läs mer

Elisabeth Olin, née Lillström (1740–1828), Stockholm, Sweden   One of Sweden’s first professional singers and the first Swedish-born opera prima donna. She was a court singer by appointment of the king,… Läs mer

Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745–1818), Venice, Italy Born into a poor family, she was placed at an early age in an orphanage and a girl’s school, where music came to play… Läs mer

Gertrud Maria Mell (b. 1947), Ed, Dalsland, Sweden   Composer, sea captain, organist, choir director. Studied instrumentation and orchestral conducting at the Lund Conservatory; she also holds an organist and… Läs mer

Ingegerd Björklund (19xx)

Anna Bon (1739–?), Italy Born in Russia. Composer and performer. Began her schooling in Venice at the young age of four. Lived with her parents (her father a librettist, her mother a singer)… Läs mer