Friday, March 09, 2012

Fanfare for uncommon women

As promised, for International Women's Day #2: ten women composers of now. A small selection and a personal one - kicking off with Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. Enjoy.


JOAN TOWER



JUDITH WEIR



KAIJA SAARIAHO



LERA AUERBACH



ERROLLYN WALLEN



SOFIA GUBAIDULINA



ROXANNA PANUFNIK



ANNA MEREDITH



SALLY BEAMISH



ELENA FIRSOVA

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2 comments:

Geo. said...

Well, one can easily come up with another list of 10 currently active female composers, such as:

* Thea Musgrave
* Kerry Andrew
* Judith Bingham
* Rebecca Saunders
* Isabel Mundry
* Olga Neuwirth
* Jennifer Higdon
* Shulamit Ran
* Unsuk Chin
* Clare MacLean

Or:

* Missy Mazzoli
* Gabriela Lena Frank
* Cindy McTee
* Sasha Johnson Manning
* Anna Clyne
* Tansy Davies
* Sheila Silver
* Rachel Portman
* Julia Wolfe
* Annie Gosfield

9:44 am
Jessica said...

Absolutely. Or:

Betty Olivero
Jocelyn Pook
Betsy Jolas
Meredith Monk
Emily Hall
Anne Dudley
Deirdre Gribbin
Odaline de la Martinez
Alissa Firsova
Eliane Radigue

There are lots, and they're wonderful.

2:07 pm

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