Hildegard von Bingen
German abbess and mystic who organized a school of nurses for service in the hospitals; noted composer whose works are still performed today, as well as a brewer and herbalist who described using hops in beer.
German abbess and mystic who organized a school of nurses for service in the hospitals; noted composer whose works are still performed today, as well as a brewer and herbalist who described using hops in beer.
Composer of traditional and contemporary Māori music and was one of the foremost authorities on historical chants of Te Arawa.
Identity has always been at the center of composer/pianist Gabriela Lena Frank’s music.
Heather Christian is an Obie Award-winning composer and singer-songwriter.
Composer Helen Grime has had works commissioned by ensembles and institutions including the London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Centre, Aldeburgh Music, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Britten Sinfonia, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Tanglewood Music Center.
Grammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli was deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York).
Called “an important representative of 21st-century trends in composition”, composer Sarah Kirkland Snider writes music of direct expression and dramatic narrative that has been hailed as “rapturous” (The New York Times), “groundbreaking” (The Boston Globe), and “ravishingly beautiful” (NPR).
Although Eydís cites her home country of Iceland as still being a huge influence on her music, the real driving force behind her mournful, melancholic and incredibly beautiful arrangements is her own emotions, and having the full freedom to explore those feelings musically however she wants, while also attempting to break free from regular forms of music.
Composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s music has been described as “like a declaration of faith in the eternal verities of composition”, with “a voice overflowing not only with ideas, but also with the discipline and artistry necessary to harness them”.
Kristine Tjøgersen’s compositional practice is characterized by curiosity, imagination, humour and precision. Through her work she creates unexpected and absurd auditory situations through playing with tradition, often resulting in a particular strangeness.