Nannerl Mozart, No Longer Forgotten

by Liane Curtis | Jul 15, 2014

The Other MozartWritten by Sylvia MiloSylvia Milo as Nannerl MozartDirected by Isaac ByrneReview of performance July 8, 2014 at HERE Arts Center in New York CityThe Other Mozart tells an archetypical story—of musical brilliance, ambition, dedication and...

Congratulations to Judith Weir!

by sarah | Jul 2, 2014

It was just announced, though unofficially, that Scottish-born Judith Weir will become the first female Master of the Queen’s Music. Described as the equivalent of Poet Laureate, the position dates back to Charles I, who appointed Nicholas Lanier in 1625, and has been...

Symphony Guide Featuring Louise Farrenc

by sarah | Jun 24, 2014

In case you missed it, Tom Service, music critic for The Guardian, featured Louise Farrenc’s Third Symphony in his running Symphony Guide series on his blog.  It’s always wonderful to see a historic(!) woman(!)’s work being featured in a serious...

BBC School Initiative: Ten Pieces

by sarah | Jun 17, 2014

Word  was just released about a new initiative spearheaded by the BBC in British primary schools to awaken youth to classical music, and to get them enthusiastic from a  young age.  The program, as described by the BBC, is to bring professional musicians into schools...

Iran’s First Female Conductor

by sarah | Apr 29, 2014

Public Radio International (PRI) aired a story yesterday on Nazanin Aghakhani – the first woman to conduct an orchestra in Iran. Listen (or find the full text) here. Here is a clip from Aghakani’s YouTube page:   A composer as well as a conductor, you...

Liza Lim in the New Yorker

by sarah | Apr 22, 2014

Alex Ross has a great piece being published in the next New Yorker about Australian composer Liza Lim. Read the full piece here to learn more about Lim’s background as well as to get a sense of her musical style and how her song cycle “Mother Tongue”...