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Jennifer Higdon, United States Composer and flautist. Studied at Bowling Green State University, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the University of Pennsylvania. She received the Pulitzer Prize in Music for… Läs mer

Barbara Kolb (b. 1939), United States Studied at the Hartt College of Music. The first woman to win the American Prix de Rome. Her orchestra work All in Good Time was commissioned by… Läs mer

Indra Riše (b. 1961), Latvia Pianist and composer. Studied at the J. Vitol Conservatory in Riga and at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and the University of California, Berkeley. She… Läs mer

Betsy Jolas (b. 1926), France  Studied composition and piano in the U.S. from 1940–1946. Returned to France to study at the Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique, Paris, where her teachers included… Läs mer

Hanna Hallberg-Norlind (1858–1916), Sweden Organist, pianist, choir director, and voice teacher. Studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, including piano for Hilda Thegerström and organ for August Lagergren. Later moved… Läs mer

Lycia de Biase Bidart (1910–1990), Brazil Pianist, violinist, conductor, composer, and music teacher. Her oeuvre includes opera music and a large number of pieces for chamber ensemble, piano, solo voice, choir,… Läs mer

Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016), United States Born in Berlin and first studied piano there. Her family fled from Germany in 1939, emigrating frist to Ecuador, then the U.S. She continued her music… Läs mer

Enid Luff (b. 1935), United Kingdom Composer and educator. Born in Wales and studied at the University of Wales and later in Cambridge. Musik studies at Royal Northern College. Currently resides… Läs mer

Mon (Marie Gustava) Schjelderup (1870–1934), Norway Composer, pianist, and piano teacher. Studied piano for Agathe Backer Grøndahl; later studied piano and music theory at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin and the… Läs mer

Claudia Rusca (1593–1676), Italy Composer, singer, and organist. A nun at the Umiliate monastery of St. Caterina in Brera, Italy. Her compositions include the Sacri concerti à 1–5 con salmi e canzoni francesi (1630).  … Läs mer

Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009), United States Composer and distinguished music educator. Began studying music as a small child and composing at age five. Later she attended the Manhattan School of Music, where she… Läs mer

Emmy Frensel-Wegener (1901–1973), the Netherlands Violinist, pianist, composer, and poet. The daughter of composer Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman. Emmy studied at the Amersterdam Conservatory and wrote music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano, and… Läs mer

Elizabeth Vercoe (b. 1941), United States Composer and music educator. Studied music at the University of Michigan. Taught at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, and at Regis College. She has won many… Läs mer

Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857), Germany Composer, choir director, conductor, singer, pianist, piano teacher. In 1830 she founded the first women’s choir in Württemberg, and she initiated and conducted performances of oratorias and opera… Läs mer

Beatriz Bilbao (b. 1951), Venezuela Composer and teacher. Studied at Indian University, the New England Conservatory of Music, and at the George Dima Music Conservatory in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She composes… Läs mer

Hedwige (Gennaro-) Chrétien (1859–1944), France Composer; after 1899 a professor at the Paris Conservatory (where she began her studies in 1874). She won a number of composition competitions and composed some 150… Läs mer

Leonora Duarte (1610–1678?), Belgium Flemish composer from a musical home in Antwerp (her family was Portuguese and Jewish) with many international contacts. Her surviving compositions include a concerto for viola, a sinfonia, and… Läs mer

Tania León (b. 1943), United States Composer, pianist, and conductor. Born in Havana; has resided in the U.S since 1967. Studied at the Carlos Alfredo Peyrellade Conservatory and at the National Conservatory, Cuba;… Läs mer

Grażyna Krzanowska (b. 1952), Poland Studied composition at the state music academy in Wrocław. She has written solo instrumental, chamber, and orchestral works. More information (in Polish) ›        … Läs mer

Clarisse Leite (Dias Batista) (1917–2003), Brazil Composer, pianist, and music educator. Studied music in São Paulo and France. Was professor of music at Academia Internacional, Rio de Janeiro. Became known for her music with… Läs mer