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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
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
May 20, 2025 Seven Pieces of Classical Music About Bees
May 19, 2025 The Quietest Symphony Endings and Why They’re So Special
May 18, 2025 What Music Did Composers Choose For Their Funerals?
May 14, 2025 The Seven Students of Vladimir Horowitz