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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

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729), Paris, France Harpist who enjoyed the patronage of Louis XIV. Her earliest published composition for harp was one of only a few in 17th-century France…. Läs mer

Els Paemurru (1917–1995), Estonia – see Els Aarne ›

Kristina Aspeqvist (b. 1965), Stockholm Percussionist and composer. Has conducted a number of ensembles; currently conducts the Stockholm Vodou Orchestra, which performs her music. Has frequently collaborated on dance and theater… Läs mer

Jacqueline Fonteyn (b. 1930), Belgium Has composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, opera, and voice; in total over 100 works. Was professor of music theory at the Royal Conservatory of  Antwerp and later at the Royal Conservatory… Läs mer

(Mary Anne) Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877), England English composer of the Victorian era. Studied piano for Pixis, Duhler, Thalberg, and Molique, and composition for Saverio Mercadente. Composed pieces for piano, three cantatas… Läs mer

Julia Gomelskaya (b. 1964), Odessa, Ukraine   Trained at the Odessa National A. V. Nezhdanova Academy of Music, the Gaudeamus Foundation, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Since 1991 she… Läs mer

Edna Frida Pietsch (1894–1982), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Composer, pianist (with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), and music teacher. More information ›

Alla Pavlova (b. 1952), New York, United States Born in Ukraine, studied in Moscow at the Gnesin Academy of Music. Has resided in New York since 1990. Has composed eight symphonies and… Läs mer

Marketa Dvorakova (b. 1977), Czech Republic   More information ›

Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977), Riga, Latvia Concert pianist, composer, and poet. Her cantata God, Your Earth Is Burning had its first performance as the Second World War raged outside the Riga Cathedral in 1943 (a tape recording… Läs mer

Ada Gentile (b. 1947), Italy   Website › (in Italian) More information›          

Suzanne Giraud (b. 1958), France     Website ›          

Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938), Norway Pianist, composer, and music critic. Studied piano for Agathe Backer-Grøndahl.