Pianist Sarah Cahill has commissioned and premiered over 70 compositions for solo piano and was named a 2018 Champion of New Music by the American Composers Forum.
Composer Biography
Germaine Tailleferre's father forbade her from composing, comparing women composers to prostitutes, but her mother secretly supported her.
Album & Artwork
This album, "The Future is Female Vol. 2, The Dance," is part of a three-album project by pianist Sarah Cahill, loosely based on the theme of The Dance.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The project "The Future is Female" aims to correct the historical exclusion of women composers and composers of color from the classical canon.
Composer Biography
Zenobia Powell Perry's music was influenced by her African-American and Creek Indian heritage, as well as traditional spirituals sung by her formerly enslaved grandfather.
Composer Biography
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, a child prodigy, was celebrated in her lifetime as both a composer and harpsichordist in the court of Louis XIV.
Composer Biography
Clara Schumann, a prodigious composer in her youth, dedicated herself to promoting her mentally ill husband Robert Schumann's music rather than her own.
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