Cécile Chaminade was one of the most famous composers of the nineteenth century – and one of the most unjustly forgotten of the twentieth. The French pianist and composer published over 400 works in her lifetime, sold out Carnegie Hall,

She took piano lessons with Ignaz Moscheles and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, studied composition with Anton Reicha, a friend of Beethoven’s, and renowned violinist Joseph Joachim performed in the premiere of her nonet for wind and strings. During her lifetime, Louise