Gena Branscombe (1881–1977), Canada Composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. Studied at Chicago Musical College. Taught at Whitman College in Washington state; later she studied for Engelbert Humperdinck in Berlin. She… Läs mer

May Hannah Brahe (1884–1956), Australia Composer. Studied piano for her mother, then at the Stratherne Girls’ School. Moved to London (her family remained in the provinces) to pursue composition. She is most known… Läs mer

Renata Kunkel (b. 1954), Poland Studied composition with Marian Borkowski and conducting with Ryszard Dudek and Elisabeth Kuyper at the Academy of Music in Warsaw. She composes for orchestra and chamber… Läs mer

Halina Krzyżanowska (1860–1937 ), (Poland) France Born in Paris into a large and musical family. Married in 1910; her married name was Hélène Comtesse de Dyhrn. She was an internationally recognized pianist and… Läs mer

Birgit Havenstein (b. 1954), Germany Flautist and composer. Studied at the Städtisches Conservatorium in Berlin. She has written chamber and solo instrumental works.      

Karin Höghielm (b. 1962), Sweden Composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. She has studied piano, classical voice and cello as well as dance, theater, painting, and sculpture. She has written film, theater, and dance… Läs mer

Vânia Dantas Leite (b. 1945), Brazil Pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator. Studied piano and composition at the Escola Nacional de Musica, Rio de Janeiro and taught at the state university in Rio… Läs mer

Dorothy Gow (1893–1982), United Kingdom Studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Ralph Vaughan Willians and with Egon Wellesz in Vienna; even before that, she had successfully debuted some of her… Läs mer

Nazife Güran (1921–1993), Turkey Born in Vienna. Studied in Ankara, in Istanbul, and later piano and composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and the Höchschule for Musik in Cologne. After… Läs mer

Tsippi Fleischer (b. 1946), Israel Studied at the Rubin Conservatory of Music in Haifa and has taught at Bar-Ilan University and the Levinsky Institute in Tel Aviv. Her compositions often blend… Läs mer

 Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–1913), Italy Pianist and composer. Studied composition at the conservatory in Rome (teachers included Alessandro Parisotti). Toured as a concert pianist. Composed for orchestra, solo piano, violin, and cello…. Läs mer

Aurora Gyllenhaal (1830–1888), Sweden Lady-in-waiting to the Crown Princess Lovisa. An industrious composer, although she had not mastered written musical notation, which she received assistance with. Her works include a Festpolonaise that… Läs mer

Wendela Hebbe (1808–1899), Sweden Author, journalist (Sweden’s first woman journalist), and composer. Received a thorough education in languages, the natural sciences, and music; her father was the vicar Samuel Åstrand, known… Läs mer

Elisabeth Huselius-Wickter (1901–1965), Sweden Harpist (for the Malmö Concert Hall Foundation’s Symphony Orchestra from 1933) and composer. She composed around 100 works, mostly songs and music for harp, but also orchestral pieces. List of… Läs mer

Alma Santesson, née Lindberg (1857–1928), Sweden Choir singer in the Philharmonic Society of Stockholm. She composed a number of pieces, but only one has been traced: a march for piano written… Läs mer

Amanda Schmidt (ca. 1890–), Sweden Music teacher and composer. Worked in Linköping in the early decades of the 1900s. She composed a number of piano pieces as well as dance and… Läs mer

Carolina Wilhelmina (Nina) Wahlström, née Skårman (1859–1941), Sweden Music teacher and composer. Studied at the Stockholm Conservatory for Hilda Thegerström. She worked primarily as a music teacher in Uppsala. She also… Läs mer

Marianne Stuart-Bergström (1889–1970), Sweden Author, music writer, composer. Studied music history at the Academy of Music in Stockholm and harmony and composition for Felix Saul, the cantor of the Great Synagogue… Läs mer

Berta Teodora Concordia Önnerberg (1886–1980), Sweden Music teacher and composer. Learned to play the piano at age five; later trained at the conservatory in Stockholm. She was the first woman affiliated with… Läs mer

Geraldine Mucha, née Thomsen (1917–2012), United Kingdom, Czech Republic Born in Scotland; studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London. After WWII she emigrated with her husband, the author Jiří Mucha, to… Läs mer