Nadia Boulanger, largely remembered today as a highly influential teacher of composers, was also a conductor and composer herself. © Archives Centre international Nadia et Lili Boulanger, Paris
For several months in 1916, the sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger stayed together at the Villa Medici in Rome. A residency at the villa was typically awarded to the winner of the Prix de Rome, a major competition for French composers; Lili had won in 1913, but an earlier visit to Italy had been interrupted by the outbreak of World War I. Full story.
William Robin (The New York Times) / July 30, 2021
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