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Classical Music Insider: What do Composers Look Like?


What do composers look like? When you think about classical composers, do you only think about Beethoven, Mozart, Stravinsky? Yet the spectrum of classical composers covers a much broader range of cultures, ethnicities, ages, and genders, spanning over hundreds of years. 

This video was created by the Listening to Ladies podcast series, an intriguing look at the amazing women who created some of our most cherished classical music as well as a look at the contemporary composers today that are breaking new ground in classical music.

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Listening to Ladies showcases women composers through online features, a concert series, and a podcast to be released in September 2016. 
Learn more at: www.listeningtoladies.com

This video features "The More Things Change" composed by Ingrid Stölzel. 

Composers pictured: 

Francesca Caccini
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
Barbara Strozzi
Louise Farrenc
Clara Schumann
Vitezslava Kaprálová
Maria Luisa Anido
Lili Boulanger
Margaret Bonds
Florence Price
Aftab Darvishi (photo: Tahmineh Monzavi)
Sofia Gubaidulina (photo: F. Hoffman-LaRoche)
Samantha Fernando (photo: Marianne Chua)
Elizabeth Baker (photo: Jake & Katie Ford Photography)
Ann Carr-Boyd
Cheryl Frances-Hoad (photo: Mat Smith)
Aleksandra Vrebalov (photo: Frank J. Oteri)
Dara Taylor
Du Yun (photo: Matthew Jelacic)
Mari Kimura (photo: Librado Romero)
Nkeiru Okoye
Reena Esmail (photo: Rachel Garcia)
Tonia Ko (photo: Matt Dine)
Sofia Jernberg
Unsuk Chin (photo: Eric Richmond)
Elinor Armer
Elisabeth Lutyens
Anna Clyne (photo: Javier Oddo)
Angelica Negron
Angelique Po
Nicole Murphy
Aviya Kopelman
Betsy Jolas
Caroline Shaw
Cassandra Luftspring
Chrysanthe Tan
Catherine McMichael
Chaya Czernowin (photo: Justin Hoke)
Cindy Cox (photo: Kathleen Karn)
Clarice Assad (photo: Cynthia van Elk)
Courtney Bryan (photo: Elizabeth Leitzell)
Elizabeth Brown (photo: Peter Schaaf)
Elizabeth Lim
Elizabeth R Austin
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (photo: Frances Marshall)
Erica Procunier (photo: David Leyes)
Eve Beglarian (photo: Robin Holland)
Finola Merivale (photo: Scotty So)
Gabriela Lena Frank
Georgina Derbez
Gity Razaz (photo: Rahima Nasa)
Hannah Kendall
Hannah Lash
Helen Gifford
Helen Grime
Helena Tulve
Jennifer Higdon (photo: Candace DiCarlo)
Jessie Montgomery (photo: Jiyang Chen)
Ji Sun Yang
Joanna Marsh
Joan Tower (photo: Noah Sheldon)
Chanda Dancy
Jocelyn Hagen
Jocelyn Pook (photo: Hugo Glendinning)
Judith Weir (photo: Dietmar Mathis)
Juliana Hall
Kaija Saariaho
Kaley Lane Eaton
Katerina Gimon
Katherine Balch (photo: KateL Photography)
Kay He
Kimberly Osberg
Laura Kaminsky
Lainie Fefferman (photo: Kavita Bhanot)
Lisa Neher (photo: Alisabeth von Presley)
Mared Emlyn
Leah Maria Villareal (photo: Dominica Eriksen)
Linda Buckley (photo: Shane Scollard)
Maria Grigoryeva
Maria Kaoutzani
Marie Samuelsson (photo: Josef Doukkali)
Mary Kouyoumdijian (photo: Dominica Eriksen)
Meredith Monk (photo: Jesse Frohman)
Merima Kljuco (photo: Christopher Irion)
Missy Mazzoli (photo: Marylene Mey)
Myra Melford (photo: Bryan Murray)
Olga Neuwirth
Rachel C Walker
Rami Levin (photo: Rami Levin)
Rebecca Larkin
Roxanna Panufnik
Sandra Pujols (photo: Iván G. Costa)
Tina Davidson (photo: Dan Marschka)
Ursula Mamlok (photo: Simon Pauly)
Vivian Fung
Zae Munn
Zosha di Castri (photo: David Adamcyk)
Pamela Z (photo: Donald Swearingen)



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