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Emily E. Hogstad

IMG_0159 reduceEmily E. Hogstad is the author of the blog Song of the Lark. She has appeared on or in MinnPost, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota Public Radio, National Public Radio, WQXR, Performance Today, and The New York Times to offer thoughts on topics as diverse as the Minnesota Orchestra’s historic 2015 trip to Cuba, what it means to be a music nerd, and social media activism in the orchestra world. Her great passion is researching the history of women in music, especially the great forgotten female violinists of the past. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a violin, a viola, a laptop named after Lili Boulanger, and two rescue cats, Gwendolyn and Genevieve.

Contributed Posts
Jun 9, 2025 Five Must-See Augustin Hadelich Performances: His Most Popular YouTube Videos
Jun 7, 2025 Ten Pieces of Musical Advice from the Great Composers
Jun 3, 2025 Was Chopin’s Friend Tytus Woyciechowski Actually His Boyfriend?
Jun 1, 2025 How Pianist Youra Guller Escaped the Nazis and Made Her Carnegie Hall Debut at 80
May 28, 2025 Beethoven’s Students: Countesses, an Archduke, and More
May 26, 2025 Seven Must-See Lang Lang Performances: His Most Popular Youtube Videos
May 26, 2025 Five Opera Singers Who Died Onstage
May 25, 2025 Ten of the Best Nocturnes by Women Composers
May 24, 2025 Clara Schumann and Franz Liszt: Their Rocky Relationship
May 23, 2025 Beethoven’s Mother: The Tragic Story of Maria Magdalena Beethoven