Debbie Wiseman
One of the UK’s most successful female music ambassadors, Debbie Wiseman is in demand as a composer and conductor.
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Eva Sommestad Holten
Holten’s work as librettist is highly indebted to her deep insight in performance practice, spanning set design, costumes, dramaturgy and often light design for drama, musical and opera – more than 50 productions.
Melissa Parmenter
An accomplished composer and pianist, Melissa Parmenter has scored a number of films.
Jocelyn Pook
Jocelyn Pook is one of the UK’s most versatile composers, having written extensively for stage, screen, opera house and concert hall. She has established an international reputation as a highly original composer winning her numerous awards and nominations including a BAFTA, Golden Globe, Olivier and two British Composer Awards.
Josefine Opsahl
Josefine Opsahl is a remarkable composer and artist who connects music, art, performance and spaces in her works.
Lera Auerbach
One of the most widely performed composers of the new generation, Lera Auerbach continues the great tradition of pianist-composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Auerbach’s compositions have been commissioned and performed by a wide array of artists, orchestras and ballet companies.
Ina Boyle
Ina Boyle (8 March 1889 – 10 March 1967) is recognised as Ireland’s most prolific and important female composer of the first half of the 20th century. Her body of work encompassed choral, chamber and orchestral works as well as an opera, ballets and vocal music.
Nicola LeFanu
As well as composing, Nicola LeFanu has enjoyed teaching composition in England, America and Australia.
Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman is the first female composer to win an Academy award for her original score for Emma. She also received Academy nominations for Chocolat and Ciderhouse Rules, which also earned her a Golden Globe Nomination. Having scored over 100 films, Portman also enjoys writing for the concert hall and the stage.
Misato Mochizuki
Misato Mochizuki’s works, which have been performed at international festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, the Biennale di Venezia, and the Folle Journée in Tokyo, have received numerous awards. Her most outstanding productions include the orchestral portrait concert at Suntory Hall in Tokyo (2007), the cinema concert at the Louvre with the music to the silent film Le fil blanc de la cascade by Kenji MIzoguchi (2007), and the portrait concert at the Festival d’Automne in Paris (2010).