Inspirational Women Programme
Ever wonder why we hear so little of our greatest female composers? Classical music is still a man’s world and reports have expressed this in stark statistics “Across Europe, 97.6% of classical and contemporary classical music performed in the last three seasons was written by men, leaving a paltry 2.3% written by women” (The Guardian)
This a celebration of female composers throughout the history, from Hildegarde von Bingen to Kaija Saariaho, from the 11th century to today – 900 years of music composed by inspirational women from all around the world led by Eimear Noone. This is an evening to rediscover the lost talents, uncover the forgotten music and give a compelling and inspiring voice to the composers stifled in life or neglected in death. We must celebrate these artists as the collaborative, innovative, unorthodox, irreverent, passionate, daring and resilient people they were.
The programme includes: Hildegarde von Bingen, Lili Boulanger, Teresa Carreño, Fanny Mendelssohn, Dame Edith Smyth, Alicia Adélaide Needham, Eímear Noone, Kaija Saariaho, Rachel Portman, Shirley Walker, Jennifer Higdon, Dolores O’Riordan
