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Ekaterini Karamessini (b. 1967), Greece 

Libby Larsen (b. 1950), United States Studied at the University of Minnesota; was a founder of the American Composers Forum. She is one of the most-performed contemporary American composers. She has… Läs mer

Nicola Lefanu (b. 1947), United Kingdom               

Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983), United Kingdom  Composed orchestral, chamber, vocal, and choral music, as well as opera and music for the theater. Music example: Five Bagatelles (YouTube) ›   Elisabeth Lutyens on… Läs mer

Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1944), United Kingdom 

Marianne (Marianna) Martinez, Marianne von Martines (1744–1812), Austria Worked in the period between Haydn and Mozart. Began composing masses at age 16. At the age of 26 she became the only woman composer to… Läs mer

Thea Musgrave (b. 1928), United Kingdom 

Johanna Müller-Hermann (1868–1941), Austria

Ester Mägi (b. 1922), Estonia                 

Marta Ptaszynska (b. 1943), Poland

Shulamit Ran (b. 1949), Israel

Hilda Sehested (1858–1936), Denmark Studied music in Copenhagen and in Paris, organ for Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod, and composition for Orla Rosenhoff at the conservatory in Copenhagen. She composed many songs as well as chamber… Läs mer

Mari Takano (b. 1960), Japan

Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991), United States            

Judith Weir (b. 1954), United Kingdom              

Grace Williams (1906–1977), United Kingdom

Ruth Zechlin (b. 1926), Germany              

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939), United States She began her musical career as a violinist and played in the American Symphony Orchestra. Later she attended the Juilliard School where her teachers… Läs mer

Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996), Norway  Norwegian pianist and composer. Studied for Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1950s and later for Hans Jelenik in Vienna. Composed orchestral, chamber, and solo instrumental… Läs mer

Kari Beate Tandberg (1958), Norge  Professionell kompositör sedan 1995  med beställningar och framföranden  bl.a. av Detnorske kammerensemble, Det norske blåseensemble, Ensemble Ernst, Cikada, Nordic Voices, Kringkastingsorkesteret, Tromsø symfoniorkester, Landsdelsmusikerne i Troms,… Läs mer