Category: broadcasts
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Women on the Radio
A lot has been made of the attention that BBC Radio 3 has given to women composers surrounding International Women’s Day. But let’s not forget the wonderful radio hosts that devote time to women composers on a weekly basis and not just in honor of a particular day, or one month, out of the year.…
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A Conversation with Chen Yi
Chinese composer, and Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Board Member, Chen Yi was recently featured in a conversation with Tan Dun, Chou Wen-chung, and Zhou Long on WQXR. . It’s a fantastic conversation about the immigrant experience and their development as musicians and composers. Listen to the conversation here: Featured music includes Chen Yi’s Shuo:
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Listen to BBC Radio 3 on March 8
BBC Radio 3 is planning a full day of programming of works by women composers in honor of International Woman’s Day on March 8. The schedule will include works of and conversations about Fanny Mendelssohn, Rebecca Clarke, Anna Meredith, Barbara Strozzi, Germaine Tailleferre, Mel Bonis, Augusta Holmes, among many others. Find the full schedule here. In addition to…
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Follow Up: WQXR’s Emerging Women Marathon
Leading up to the Emerging Women marathon on Sunday (August 24), WQXR has presented some statistics about the current role of women as composers in today’s music. The results are, as we’ve come to expect, unfortunate but not shocking. In short: Q2 Music has analyzed several key areas in contemporary classical music. In the U.S., women…