Over the centuries, many of history’s most important women composers were forced to publish under male pseudonyms. Across the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, dozens of women composers adopted masculine or gender-neutral identities so their work would be reviewed
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In Touch with Pedro Faria Gomes at The Intimacy of Creativity May 25th, 2011 Not only does a musical piece record a composer’s perception or vision towards life, but it also captures certain personality traits of his. One can perhaps find even greater reference of Pedro’s thoughtful presentation in his Nachtmusik– as the flowy -
In Touch with Narong Prangcharoen at The Intimacy of Creativity May 25th, 2011 It is as if one is breathing in a gulp of cool air atop the deep mountains listening to Thai composer Narong’s Bencharong. Sometimes energetic and flashing whilst other times calm and delicate, there is a great depth of emotion -
In Touch with Moon Young HA at The Intimacy of Creativity May 22nd, 2011 Whenever girls find joy in devoting themselves to fairies and princesses, boys hail and cheer on supermen and heroes. Perhaps this is what raises eyebrows of a few when composer Moon Young Ha’s Fairytale is first presented, trying to cross -
The Cup of Water that Took Away Tchaikovsky May 20th, 2011 Given the way medical advancements have significantly prolonged life expectancies around the world, it is hard to imagine that old-age diseases such as cholera are still affecting people in our world today. The 2010s cholera epidemic that hit Haiti has -
Music, politics and the big picture: from Hammarskjold to Gaza May 20th, 2011 The extraordinarily rousing power of music is a force that, as any other, can be used for good or evil. Daniel Barenboim’s recent concert in Gaza City has re-affirmed the positive impact that music can have in politics. Barenboim led -
Conversation with Ming-Hsiu YEN at The Intimacy of Creativity May 19th, 2011 If you still have the impression that female composers write necessarily in a tender and soft style, you may want to hold back your stance for a while after listening to Ming-Hsiu’s piece- strands of interlocking rhythmic patterns piling up, -
Rafał Blechacz May 15th, 2011 In October 2005, the name of Rafał Blechacz swept across the world of classical music, with his exceptional winning of all five 1st prizes at the 15th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, including the Polish Radio Award for -
The Renaissance in Music and the Arts May 13th, 2011 The idea of the Renaissance, in which language, literature, the arts and music saw a remarkable change and renewal, started gradually taking shape in the 14th century, celebrated then and later by writers, artists and musicians such as Petrarch, Boccaccio,