Author: Liane Curtis
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Support Our Work!
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy has launched our year-end fund-drive! Over the years we have worked to support orchestras in their efforts to program more works by women, and to bring these composers — of all historic eras, and from a range of backgrounds — into the arena of public understanding. Now we are asking all our…
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The Music of the Remarkable Mrs. Sirmen
We apologise for taking so long to get back to Part II of our post about composer and violinist Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818). Part I, about her life, is found here. Our guest author is the London-based musician Martin Ash, whose website is www.martinashmusic.com. When Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen embarked on her career, the…
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TBT: A conversation with JoAnn Falletta, 1991
We are so excited to share this archived broadcast (from KPFK’s Pacifica Radio, 1991, 2 hours in length) that features an interview with Maestro JoAnn Falletta from 1991. The Women’s Philharmonic (still known as The Bay Area Women’s Philharmonic) had just released its first recording, “Baroquen Treasures” — directed by Falletta. The palpable excitement about…
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The Amazing Mrs. Sirmen, aka Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen
Taking up our #ThinkOutsideTheBachs challenge, London-based musician Martin Ash offers engaging insights on the groundbreaking and innovative violinist-composer (also singer and keyboard player) Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818). Martin Ash is a viola player, folk fiddler, and sometime mandolinist, arranger and composer. His website is www.martinashmusic.com. The first of two posts about Maddalena, it focuses…