Jan 15 2024 to Jan 15 2024 7 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

This concert features songs representing women and their perspectives in music. 

Female composers of Western classical music in the past were often neglected, underestimated, frowned upon or derided in comparison with their male colleagues. Today the situation has changed and contemporary women composers are contributing many newly commissioned works. Some of the greatest composers of our time, such as Kaija Saariaho from Finland and Unsuk Chin from South Korea, have been captivating audiences for a few decades. Allowing only one half of the world to speak in music, would make us poor, musically.

This programme honours some of the exceptional women composers of the past: Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hänsel, Cécile Chaminade and Rebecca Clarke. It also highlights how male composers such as Gustav Mahler, Robert Schumann and Gustav Holst have represented women’s perspectives with sensitivity in their compositions.

Image credits:
Header and poster – Women composers (left to right): Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Clara Schumann, Cécile Chaminade and Rebecca Clarke.