Category: soloists
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WPA News Digest, June 24th 2024
The summer of 2024 is shaping up to be a summer of women conductors—a welcome sight in a classical music landscape that has famously been hostile to women on the podium. On July 5 & 6, Dalia Stasevska will lead the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in a program of Finnish music: Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5, Einojuhani…
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A View from Germany: Classical Music is so Sexist
Inge Kloepfer‘s striking article “So sexistisch ist die Klassik — Classical Music is So Sexist” appeared on June 13, 2018 in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. We wanted English-speaking readers to be able to read this important journalism, so we asked Elizabeth Osman to translate it for us, and then I polished her translation. Thank you to…
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CD Review: Ruth Lomon, Shadowing
While we rarely publish CD reviews on our blog, we decided it was important to give coverage to a recent CD by composer Ruth Lomon. Ruth’s music ranges from expressive and lyrical to electrifyingly engaging. But not only that, Ruth has always been seriously dedicated to promoting the work of other women composers, through projects…
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New Work by Libby Larsen performed by North State Symphony
Last night (Feb. 24) in Chico, CA, the North State Symphony gave an enthralling area premiere of a new work by composer Libby Larsen. Dancing Man Rhapsody was written for violinist Terri Baune (Concertmaster of the North State Symphony) and commissioned by the NSS together with several other California orchestras. Baune was the Concertmaster of…