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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

Oh Sook-Ja (b. 1941), South Korea Composer and conductor. Studied at Kyung Hee University in Seoul. Further studies in electronic music at Peabody College in the United States and orchestral conducting… Läs mer

Chan-Hae Lee (b. 1945), South Korea Composer and music educator. Studied composition at Yonsei University in Seoul and also in the U.S. and Hungary. Has served as professor of composition at Yonsei… Läs mer

Susanne Rosenberg (b. 1957), Sweden Has worked as a singer, composer, researcher, and educator since the early 1980s. Has chiefly written music for vocal ensembles and choir, including both arrangements and… Läs mer

Eleni Karaindrou (b. 1939), Greece Studied piano and music theory at the Hellenikon Odeion, Athens, and folk music ethnology in Paris. Founded the Laboratory for Traditional Instruments at the ORA Kulturcentrum in Greece…. Läs mer

Lou Koster (1889–1973), Luxembourg Pianist and composer. Studied at the Luxembourt Conservatory until 1906, later taught piano and violin there. Her compositions were held in private ownership until 2003, with the… Läs mer

Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (b. 1965), Bulgaria Composer, pianist, and music educator. Studied composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest and solfège, composition, and analysis at the Luxembourg Conservatory. She has composed for… Läs mer

Joan La Barbara (b. 1947), United States Singer, composer. Studied with Helen Boatwright. She composes and performs, frequently with her husband, the composer Marton Subotrick. She has also collaborated with John Cage,… Läs mer

Tatjana Kozlova (b. 1977), Estonia Studied at the Georg Ots Music School in Tallinn and later at the Estonian Academy of Music for Jaan Rääts and Helene Tulve. She has composed… Läs mer

Minna Leinonen (b. 1977), Finland Studied composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsingfors for Eero Hämeenniemi and Veli-Matti Puumala, and in India at Braddhvani, Chennai, as well as Napier University in Edinburgh. She… Läs mer

Åsa Stjerna (b. 1970), Sweden Studied at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg and at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm. Further studies at Stockholm… Läs mer

Signe Klejs (b. 1974), Denmark Studied at the Designskole in Kolding and in Berlin. Employeed at Tonespace at the Esbjerg Musikkonservatorium. She works with sound art and installations, frequently in… Läs mer

Ellen Lindquist (b. 1970), Sweden Composer and pianist. Resides in the Netherlands and the U.S. Studied piano and cello in France (attended La Schola Cantorum) and composition at Stony Brook University… Läs mer