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Louise Farrenc

The story of Louise Farrenc is one of the most remarkable in classical music history

Women composers gallery

21 of the greatest women composers in classical music

Anu Tali © Kaupo Kikkas

Women can't be conductors and here are all the reasons why

Hildur Guðnadóttir accepts the Music - Original Score - award for 'Joker' onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards

Hildur Guðnadóttir wins the Best Original Score Oscar for ‘Joker’

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Eímear Noone, Irish composer-conductor

Who is Eímear Noone? Irish video games composer conducting the Oscars ceremony

Barbara Strozzi, painted 1640

This is the amazing story of Baroque composer Barbara Strozzi

Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn

Who was Fanny Mendelssohn, the unsung composer whose music was published under her brother’s name?
Eímear Noone to conduct the 42-piece Oscar orchestra

Oscars to feature a female orchestra conductor for first time in history

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Marin Alsop, Simone Young, Susanna Mälkki and JoAnn Falletta

Eight of the world’s 100 top conductors are now women, compared to just one in 2013

‘Joker’ composer Hildur Guðnadóttir is first female to win ‘Best Score’ at Golden Globes

‘Joker’ composer Hildur Guðnadóttir is first woman to win ‘Best Score’ at Golden Globes

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her composer, Isobel, play ukulele for Olivia Coleman’s Portishead cover

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her composer sister, Isobel, duet on ukulele while Olivia Colman sings

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Composer Mica Levi

Who is Mica Levi, the composer behind the music in ‘Monos’ and Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Fall’?
Living With Yourself: What is the music and who composed the soundtrack for the Netflix series?

Living With Yourself soundtrack: who composed the minimalist music for the Netflix series?

Anna Lapwood talks to Classic FM

‘Young girls can be organists too,’ says pioneering musician Anna Lapwood

The SWAP’ra team

‘It’s time to address the gender imbalance in opera’

Inspirational quotes from female composers

10 quotes from female composers that prove the struggle is real (but these trailblazers are not short of wisdom)
Ethel Smyth

Meet the composer who was also a suffragette: Ethel Smyth

Florence Price composer

The inspirational life of Florence Price – and why it's one of the most important stories in music
Marin Alsop and Catherine Bott

‘If someone says “I can’t get used to women conductors”, at least I know what I’m dealing with’: Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop

Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla

‘Why are we afraid of new music? We don’t like what we don’t know’ says conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Jessica Curry

‘The video game industry is a hard industry to be in as a woman – let’s claim our space and stop apologising’ – Jessica Curry

Women Composers

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Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen

Jessica Curry

Jessica Curry

Debbie Wiseman

Debbie Wiseman

Clara Schumann

Clara Schumann

Women Artists

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Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti

The Ayoub Sisters

The Ayoub Sisters

Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla

Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla

Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich

Mood

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Music for Studying

Music for Studying

Relaxing Music

Relaxing Music

Summer

Summer

Occasions

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Wedding Music

Wedding Music

Music for Memorials

Music for Memorials

Christening Music

Christening Music