Tyrrell's dream of a solo piano career ended due to health problems at the Vienna Conservatory, leading her to focus on composition.
Composer Biography
Agnes Tyrrell composed almost 300 works across various genres, including a symphony, an opera, an oratorio, and numerous choral, chamber, and piano pieces.
Performer Biography
The GewandhausChor, which has a 150-year history, has collaborated with famous conductors including Herbert Blomstedt, Riccardo Chailly, and Andris Nelsons.
Performer Biography
Pianist Kyra Steckeweh has dedicated years to researching and performing works by lesser-known women composers, resulting in concerts, CD recordings, and documentary films.
Composer Biography
Agnes Tyrrell, born in Brünn (Brno) in 1846, grew up trilingually in an intellectual household, with an English father and a Czech mother.
Composition History
Franz Liszt, the renowned Hungarian composer and pianist, received Tyrrell's Zwölf große Studien op. 47 for piano and expressed a desire to hear them performed by the composer herself.
Composer Biography
Despite receiving a prominent letter from Franz Liszt, Agnes Tyrrell was only able to publish a fraction of her compositions during her lifetime, dying at age 36 from a heart ailment.
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