Composers

Avril Anderson (b. 1953), United Kingdom Composer and music teacher. Studied at the Royal College of Music in London and the New England Conservatory. Has composed for orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble, solo… Läs mer

Eve Beglarian (b. 1958), United States Composer, performer, and sound producer of Armenian descent (born in Ann Arbor, Michigan). Composes for choir, chamber ensemble, and orchestra.   Website ›        … Läs mer

Edith Borroff (b. 1925), United States Composer and musicologist. Studied at the American Conservatory of Music; studied organ at Oberlin College. Has composed for choir, organ, and chamber ensemble.   More information… Läs mer

Maura Bosch, Marjorie Ann Hess (b. 1958), United States Studied music at the Hartt College of Music and at Princeton University. Has composed opera, music for choir and solo voice, and… Läs mer

Monic Cecconi-Botella (b. 1936), France Pianist, composer, music educator. Studied at the Paris Conservatory for Maurice Duruflé and Henri Dutilleux. Has served as professor of music analysis at the Paris Conservatory. She has composed several operas as… Läs mer

Laura Clayton (b. 1943), United States Composer and pianist. She began her composition studies with Darius Milhaud at the Aspen School of Music and continued at the New England Conservatory and the… Läs mer

Settimia Caccini (1591–1638), Italy Composer and singer; the sister of Francesca Caccini and a member of the Caccini family of musicians who formed the vocal ensemble Il Concerto Caccini. Claudio Monteverdi invited… Läs mer

Regina Irman (b. 1957), Switzerland Composer, music educator, and percussionist. Studied music at the Winterthur Conservatory. Her large compositional output includes solo works, chamber music, choral works, and musical theater.

Liza (Elisabetha Nina Mary Frederica) Lehmann (1862–1918), England Opera singer and composer. Raised in Germany, France, and Italy. Studied voice together with Jenny Lind. After her career as a singer ended (1894)… Läs mer

Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837), Sweden, France, Holland Swedish noblewoman, writer, and composer. At Napoleon’s request, she married his brother, Louis Bonaparte, and became the Queen of Holland. Proficient amateur musician. Composed… Läs mer

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 (1866‐1940), Denmark Composer, pianist, author. Studied at the Copenhagen Conservatory. She wrote around 100 works, mostly songs and piano pieces, but also some symphonic pieces, ballet music, and… Läs mer

Ellen Sandels, née Carlström (1859–1931), Sweden Composer and writer. Composed chiefly piano pieces; they were published in outlets such as Damernas Musikblad, a magazine for piano-playing women in middle-class homes that Sandels founded and put out from… Läs mer

Roberta Settels (1929–2014), Sweden Born in New York. Composer and designer. Studied at the Juilliard Schoo in New York and at IRCAM in Paris (together with Iannis Xenakis and Pierre Boulez) and also… Läs mer

Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967), United Kingdom Studied violin and composition at the University of Edinburgh and continued her studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe. Currently resides in Berlin. She has… Läs mer

Hanne Ørvad (b. 1945), Denmark Studied voice at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and was a member of the Danish Radiokammerkor for many years. Began composing in 1989. Has… Läs mer

Julia Tsenova (1948–2010), Bulgaria Studied piano and composition at the State Academy of Music in Sofia. She composed for most types of ensembles—orchestra, chamber ensemble, and choir—and for the stage; her… Läs mer

Ann-Elise Hannikainen (b. 1946), Finland Studied with Ernesto Halffter Escriche in Spain, at the Academia Moderne de Musica, and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsingfors. Has written works for piano.    

Amalia Catharina (1640–1697), Germany Poet and composer (the Countess of Erbach). Wrote 67 poems in the pietist style, many of them with melodies and figured bass accompaniment.      

Vera Baeva (b. 1930), Bulgaria Studied at the Sofia State Academy of Music. Was choir conductor for Radio Sofia and performed as a pianist with various ensembles. Composes for solo instruments, choir, solo… Läs mer

Nancy Telfer (b. 1950), Canada Choir director, music teacher, and composer. Studied at the University of Western Ontario. Composes for orchestra and for solo instruments, often in combination with choir or… Läs mer