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women composers of new music | music for stage & screen | jazz and fusion
This is a database of women composers who specialize in electroacoustic music, experimental music and sound art, music for the screen or stage, or jazz music. They are listed with their country of residence. Many composers are now listed on wikipedia or their information can be found online. Here we provide only links to composers' name-domain websites or their webpages administered by music information centres and composer associations. If you know of a woman composer who meets the above criteria but whose name has been omitted, write to us: society[at]kapralova[dot]org. Please note that professionally trained composers are considered a priority and that the society reserves the right to approve your nomination. AAlessandrini, Patricia [20th cent.] Italy Alexander, Leni [1924-2005] Chile Amacher, Maryanne [1938-2009] USA Anderson, Beth [1950] USA Anderson, Elizabeth [1960] USA Anderson, Laurie [1947] USA Anderson, Ruth [1928-2019] USA Angliss, Sarah [1966] UK Angulo, Layla [20th cent.] USA Anker, Lotte [1958] Denmark Avram, Ana-Maria [20th cent.] Rumania Ayers, Lydia [20th cent.] USA Azarova, Svitlana [1976] Ukraine B Baas, Danielle [1958] Belgium Bailie, Joanna [1973] United Kingdom Bakke, Ruth [1947] Norway Ballio, Emanuela [1968] Italy Bång, Malin [1974]Sweden Barber, Lesley [1962] Canada Barret, Natasha [1972] United Kingdom Bebe Barron [1925-2008] USA Bartley, Wende [1951] Canada Beat, Janet [1937] United Kingdom Bechtold, Lynn [20th cent.] Beecroft, Norma [1934] Canada Beglarian, Eve [20th cent.] USA Benary, Barbara [194?] USA Benedetti, Josefina [1953] Venezuela Berberian, Cathy [1925-1983] USA Bergmannova, Sandra [1974] Czech Republic Beyer, Johanna Magdelena [1888-1944] Germany Bittova, Iva [1958] Czech Republic Blackburn, Manuella [1984] United Kingdom Blair, Elisabeth [20th cent.] USA Blaustein, Susan [1953] USA Bokanowski, Michèle [1943] France Bouchard, Linda [1957] Canada Bowler, Laura [20th cent.] UK C Cameron, Allison [1963] Canada Campodonico, Beatrice [1958] Italy Canat de Chizy, Edith [1950] France Capers, Valerie [20th cent.] USA Carlos, Wendy [20th cent.] USA Carvalho, Sara [1970] Portugal Carwithen, Doreen [1922-2003] England Chambers, Wendy Mae [1957] USA Chen, Chin-Chin [1964] Taiwan Chen, Fang Chi [20th cent.] Taiwan Cheney, Lisa [20th cent.] Australia Mary Ellen [1957] USA Chin, Unsuk [1961] Korea Chou, Chiu-Yu [20th cent.] Taiwan Ciobanu, Maia [1952] Romania Clarke, Zana [1965] Australia Coleman, Lisa [20th cent.] USA Couper, Mildred [1887-1974] USA Cowan, Claire [20th cent.] New Zealand Czernowin, Chaya [1957] Israel D Dannheiser, Jessica [20th cent.] UK Davis, Katherine [1892-1980] USA Davis, Marion B. [1888-1970] USA DeGaetani, Jan [1933-1989] USA Delitala, Silvia [1960] Italy Derbyshire, Delia [1937-2001] United Kingdom Diehl, Paula [20th cent.] USA Dlugoszewski, Lucia [1931-2000] USA Dominique, Monica [1940] Sweden Drese, Ingrid [1957] Belgium Dudley, Anne [1957] United Kingdom Dunphy, Melissa [1980] Australia Dusman, Linda [20th cent.] USA Dvorakova, Marketa [1977] Czech Republic E Eichelberger-Ivey, Jean [1923] USA Eiriksdottir, Karolina [1951] Iceland Ellison, Barbara [20th cent.] Ireland Eremiasova, Michaela [1974] Czech Republic Eriksson, Anna [1963] Sweden F Fernando, Samantha [1984] UK Ferreyra, Beatriz [1937] Argentina Figueroa, Adriana [1966] Argentina Finsterer, Mary [1962] Australia Fort, Anat [1970] Israel Fournier, Marie-Helène [1963] France Fox, Erika [1936] United Kingdom Frances-Hoad, Cheryl [1980] United Kingdom Franco, Germaine [20th cent.] USA Frykberg, Susan [1954] New Zealand Fuchs, Christina [1963] Germany Fullman, Ellen [1957] USA G Gardner, Alexandra [196?] USA Gardner, Key [1941-2002] USA Gayner, Jessie Love [1863-19?] USA Giles, Imogene [late 19th cent.] USA Gomelskaya, Julia [20th cent.] Ukraine Grebchenko, Teresa [1984] Germany Gosfield, Annie [1960] USA Grigsby, Beverly [1928] USA Groult, Christine [20th cent.] France Gudnadottir, Hildur [1982] Iceland H Hartman, Hanna [20th cent.] Sweden Harwood, Alexandra [20th cent.] United Kingdom Hasler, Gabriele [1957] Germany Hays, Sorrel [20th cent.] USA Hedås, Kim [1965] Sweden Hindman, Dorothy [20th cent.] USA Hinkle-Turner, Elisabeth [1964] USA Hirs, Rozalie [1965] Holland Hoffman, Elizabeth [1961] USA Howell, Rae [20th cent.] Australia Hron, Terri [1977] Canada Hui, Melissa [1966] Hong Kong Hutchinson, Brenda [195?] USA I Iannotta, Clara [1983] Italy J Jean, Monique [1960] Canada Jordanova, Victoria [1962] Yugoslavia Justel, Elsa [1944] Argentina K Kalaniemi, Maria [1964] Finland Kaminsky, Laura [1956] USA Karaindrou, Eleni [20th cent.] Greece Karpman, Laura [20th cent.] USA Kats-Chernin, Elena [1957] Uzbekistan Keiko, Abe [1937] Japan Kinoshi, Cassie [1993] UK Klement, Katharina [20th cent.] Austria Knudson, Elizabeth [20th cent.] Canada Knutson, Mary Louise [1966] USA Koblenz, Babette [1956] Germany Kolb, Barbara [1939] USA Kubrick, Vivian [1960] USA L La Barbara, Joan [1947] USA Laberge, Anne [20th-cent.] USA Larson, Anna [20th-cent.] USA Layman, Pamela [1949] USA Leach, Hazel [1956] United Kingdom LeBaron, Anne [1953] USA Le Lohe, Francesca [20th cent.] UK Lee, Hope [1953] Taiwan Leyman, Katarina [1963] Sweden Lillios, Elainie [1968] USA Lim, Liza [1966] Australia Lockwood, Annea [1939] New Zealand Long, Helen Jane [1974] UK Lundén, Ida [20th cent.] Sweden Lurie, Deborah [20th cent.] USA Lutyens, Elisabeth [1906-1984] England M Marshall, Kye [1943] Canada McLean, Priscilla [1942] USA McLeod, Jenny [1941] New Zealand McLin, Lena Johnson [1929] USA Meckley, Diana [20th cent.] USA Megias, Sonia [20th cent.] Spain Meierhans, Mela [1961] Switzerland Melvoin, Wendy [20th cent.] USA Mendoza, Elena [1973] Spain Meridan, Lissa [1972] New Zealand Mikova, Tatiana [20th cent.] Czech Republic Misurell-Mitchell, Janice [20th cent.] USA Miyake, Haruna [1942] Japan Mochizuki, Misato [1969] Japan Molitor, Claudia [20th cent.] United Kingdom Monk, Meredith [1943] USA Monk Feldman, Barbara [1953] Canada Monnakgotla, Tebogo [20th cent.] Sweden Morishita, Chikako [1981] Japan Morley, Angela [1924] England Mundry, Isabel [1963] Germany Mustafa Zadeh, Aziza [1969] Azerbaijan Muttenthaler, Adriane [20th cent.] Canada N Nasopoulou, Aspasia [20th cent.] Greece Nemtsov, Sarah [1980] Germany Neuwirth, Olga [1968] Germany Niebergall, Julie Lee [1886-1968] USA Nishikaze, Makiko [1968] Japan Norelius, Lise-Lotte [20th cent.] Sweden Norman, Katharine [1960] United Kingdom Nota, Lenka [1971] Austria O Olivero, Betty [20th cent.] Israel Oliveros, Pauline [1932-2016] USA Oram, Daphne [1925–2003] UK Ore, Cecilia [1954] Norway P Pade, Else Marie [1924] Denmark Page, Rosalind [20th cent.] Australia Palme, Pia [20th cent.] Austria Palmer, Juliet [20th cent.] New Zealand Papalexandri-Alexandri, Marianthi [1974] Greece Paranosic, Milica [20th cent.] Yugoslavia Paraskevaidis, Graciela [1940] Argentina Paredes, Hilda [20th cent.] Mexico Payne, Maggi [1945] USA Peebles, Sarah [1964] Canada Pena Young, Sabrina [20th cent.] USA Peralta, Catalina [1963] Colombia Philipsz, Susan [1965] United Kingdom Pinnock, Naomi [1979] United Kingdom Pinosova, Katerina [20th cent.] Czech Republic Pomorin, Sibylle [1956] Germany Pook, Jocelyn [20th cent.] United Kingdom Portera, Rita [1960] Italy Portman, Rachel [1960] United Kingdom Potes, Alba [1955] Columbia Prévost, Hélène [1943] Canada R Radigue, Eliane [1932] France Ratkje, Maja Solveig Kjestrup [20th cent.] Norway Ratusinska, Weronika [20th cent.] Poland Renard, Claire [20th cent.] France Repar, Patricia Anne [196?] Canada Ringo, Diana [20th cent.] Finland Roberts, Megan [1952] USA Rodgers, Mary [1931] USA Rosa, Clotilde [1930] Portugal Rosenbaum, Keren [1970] Israel Rosenberger, Katharina [20th cent.] Switzerland Rossi, Laura [20th cent.] United Kingdom Rotaru, Diana [20th cent.] Romania Rubin, Anna [20th cent.] USA Rudow, Vivian Adelberg [1936] USA S Sabrié, Isabelle [20th cent.] France/Brazil Sahlin, Iréne [1972] Sweden Samuel, Rhian [1944] United Kingdom Saunders, Rebecca [1967] United Kingdom Schiphorst, Iris ter [1956] Germany Schlünz, Annette [1964] Germany Sither, Charlotte [1965] Germany Sekacz, Ilona [1949] United Kingdom Semegen, Daria [20th cent.] USA Shapiro, Alex [1962] USA Shatin, Judith [1949] USA Shields, Alice [1943] USA Sikelianou, Tania [20th cent.] Greece Simone, Nina [1933-2003] USA Skrzypczak, Bettina [20th cent.] Poland Sonami, Laeticia [1957] France Soveral, Isabel [1961] Portugal Spektor, Mira J. [20th cent.] USA Spiegel, Laurie [1945] USA Stafford, Anna [20th cent.] USA Suesse, Dana (1909-1987) USA Susko, Petra [20th cent.] Czech Republic Swift, Kay (1897-1993) USA Syrse, Diana [20th cent.] Mexico Szeghy, Iris [20th cent.] Slovakia T Tally, Mirjam [1976] Sweden Tamar-kali [20th cent.] USA Tarrodi, Andrea [1981] Sweden Tchemberdji, Katia [1960] Russia Thome, Diane [1942] USA Thorvaldsdottir, Anna [1977] Iceland Tsoupaki, Calliope [20th cent.] Greece Tulve, Helena [1972] Estonia Turcotte, Roxanne [1960] Canada Tzoumerka-Knoedler, Vicky [1941] USA V Van Etten, Jane [1895 - 19?] USA Vande Gorne, Annette [1946] Belgium Vierk, Lois V. [1951] USA Vrebalov, Aleksandra [1970] Serbia W Walker, Shirley [1945-2006] USA Waller-Bridge, Isobel [1984] UK Walshe, Jennifer [1974] Ireland Warner, Amelia [20th cent.] United Kingdom Watson, Mary Baugh [1890-1984] USA Wennakoski, Lotta [1970] Finland Westerkamp, Hildegard [1946] Germany Wilcox (Fox), Felicity [1964] Australia Williams, Mary Lou [1910-1981] USA Winderen, Jana [20th cent.] Norway Wiseman, Debbie [1964] United Kingdom Wolfe, Julia [1958] USA Woodforde-Finden, Amy [1860-1919] England Wozny, Joanna [1973] Poland Y Yarnell, Carolyn [20th cent.] USA Yoon, Bora [20th cent.] USA Z Zagaykevych, Alla [20th cent] Ukraine Zebeljan, Isidora [1967] Srbia This has been a presentation of the Kapralova Society. Advocating for women in music since 1998. |
