Caroline Ansink (b. 1959), Amsterdam, the Netherlands Flautist (member of the Clara Schumann Orchestra, Cologne; teacher at the Utrecht conservatory) and composer. Writes chamber music, orchestral music, and choral works.  … Läs mer

Eva Toller (b. 1959), Norrköping, Sweden Composes for choir and arranges music for choir (women’s, men’s, and mixed choirs). Website ›          

Rebecka Clarke  (1886-1979), England/USA Kompositör och violast. Studerade vid Royal Academy of Music, London, och blev en av de första kvinnliga, professionella musikerna.  Studerade komposition för Sir C H Stanford och… Läs mer

Rebecca Clarke  (1886–1979), England, United States Composer and violist. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London and became one of the first female professional orchestra musicians. She studied composition for… Läs mer

Albertina Fredrika (Ika) Peyron, (1845–1922) Composer, pianist, and organist. Studied for Ivar Hallström in Stockholm; also studied in London for several years during the 1860s. Back in Sweden, she studied with Jan van Boom, Josef… Läs mer

Kassia (810?–867?), Constantinople  Byzantine abbess, composer, and poet. She wrote about 50 Byzantine hymns, 23 of which were included in the official liturgy books of the Orthodox Church (many hymns from… Läs mer

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–ca. 1677), Italy  The youngest daughter of a wealthy merchant family. A Benedictine nun and abbess as well as a singer and composer, she spend her adult… Läs mer

Hildegard av Bingen (ca. 1098–ca. 1179), Germany   Hildegard of Bingen was born in Bemersheim, Germany. She was placed in the care of a monastery at age eight. Eventually she became a nun and… Läs mer

Lucie Vellère (1896–1966), Belgium  Composed chamber, orhcestral, vocal, and choral music. More information: Lucie Vellère on Wikipedia ›          

Luna Alcalay (b. 1928), Zagreb, Croatia Pianist, teacher, and composer. Considered one of Austria’s foremost composers. Studied piano and composition at the Vienna Academy of Music. Received a scholarship to study… Läs mer

Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (b. 1941), Bosnia  Bosnian composer of Croatian descent. Composes in a neoclassical style with elements of neo-romanticism and early Expressionism.   More information ›          

Birgitte Alsted (b. 1942), Denmark One of Denmark’s leading women composers. Trained as a violinist. Active as a composer since 1972, and has become known for her experimental music. Has worked with… Läs mer

Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949), Mullerup, Denmark  Concentrated on chamber music and songs after 1918, possibly owing to the fact that there were only limited opportunities to have orchestral works performed.  … Läs mer

Gudrun Lund (b. 1930), Copenhagen, Denmark Composes in a variety of genres, both chamber and orchestral music. Her music takes the neoclassical tonal language as its starting point, but has increasingly moved… Läs mer

Els Aarne, after 1940 Els Paemurru (1917–1995), Estonia Estonian composer and teacher. Born in Makiivka, Ukraine; studied at the conservatory in Tallin, received a teaching degree in 1939, a piano degree… Läs mer

Maija Hynninen (b. 1977), Finland Composes orchestra, chamber, choral, and electronic music. More information ›        

Edith Canat de Chizy (b. 1950), Lyon, France French composer. Since completing her studies she has worked as a music educator. She has also studied electroacoustic music. More information: Edith Canat de Chizy ›… Läs mer

Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri (b. 1974), Greece/Berlin  Her work focuses on re-examining and re-creating musical instruments as sound-producing bodies, and on investigating sound and the visual aspect of performance. She works chiefly with electronic… Läs mer

Gráinne Mulvey (b. 1966), Dublin, Ireland Composes, choral, orchestral, chamber, and electroacoustic music. grainnemulvey.com Music examples: Horizons Fanfare Horizons Fanfare (2006). In memoriam Brendan and Josephine Mulvey: 0000 432 b tbn 1… Läs mer

Jennifer Walshe (b. 1974), New York, United States Irish composer and vocal artist. Composes vocal, orchestral, chamber, and electroacoustic music. Jennifer Walshe at cmc.ie Libris Solar