PIONEERS –
PIANO WORKS BY FEMALE COMPOSERS
BACKER GRØNDAHL • BĄDARZEWSKA • BEACH • BON
L. BOULANGER • CHAMINADE • GONZAGA • KAPRÁLOVÁ • E. KODÁLY
H. MIYAKE • NIKOLAYEVA • PEJAČEVIĆ • PRICE • C. SCHUMANN
BACKER GRØNDAHL • BĄDARZEWSKA • BEACH • BON • L. BOULANGER • CHAMINADE • GONZAGA • KAPRÁLOVÁ • E. KODÁLY • H. MIYAKE • NIKOLAYEVA • PEJAČEVIĆ • PRICE • C. SCHUMANN
HIROKO ISHIMOTO
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‘Growing up in Japan, I always had an interest in feminism, but it never influenced the way I thought about music, until I wrote the essays on 24 female composers (published on Women's Action Network website WAN), a series of Youtube videos and now this recording. The stories of how these talented women managed to express themselves through music while at the same time struggling to meet the expectations of their family and society inspire me. Success and tragedy touched many of them, but their music lives on, and I want to share them with the world.’ – Hiroko Ishimoto
Listen to an excerpt from BON, A.:
Keyboard Sonata in B flat major, Op. 2, No. 2
Keyboard Sonata in B flat major, Op. 2, No. 2
Listen to an excerpt from PEJAČEVIĆ, D.:
Blumenleben (‘Life of Flowers’), Op. 19 – No. 5. Rose (1904–05)
Blumenleben (‘Life of Flowers’), Op. 19 – No. 5. Rose (1904–05)
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