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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 ›                

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