Composers of the Week: from 14th to 20th March

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Every Friday in 2020 we will post the composers from the last 7 days. In these posts, you can also find the link to the composers we presented in 2019.

Check here the composers from this week (14th to 20th March) and learn more about these amazing women who made/are making history in music!

MARCH 14

EUNICE KATUNDA - BRAZIL
Born 14 March

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EMANUELA BALLIO - ITALY
Born 14 March

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MARCH 15

SLÁVA VORLOVÁ - CZECHIA

Born 15 March

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MARY ELIZABETH TURNER SALTER - USA

Born 15 March

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MARCH 16

CONSTANÇA CAPDEVILLE - SPAIN

Born 16 March

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MARI-ANNE HOF - THE NETHERLANDS
Born 16 March

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MARCH 17

EMMA KODALY - HUNGARY

Born 17 March

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NINFEA CRUTTWELL-READE - SCOTLAND
Born 17 March

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MARCH 18

VERA BAEVA - BULGARIA

Born 18 March

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ELIZABETH POSTON - UK
Born 18 March

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MARCH 19

LORI FREEDMAN - CANADA

Born 19 March

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RUTH WIESENFELD - GERMANY

Born 19 March

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MARCH 20 - TODAY'S COMPOSERS

MRS TOWNSHEND STITH - USA

Death 20 March

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LETICIA CUEN - MEXICO

Born 20 March

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20 MARCH 2019

SU LIAN TAN - MALASYA    

BORN 20 MARCH 

Su Lian Tan is a much sought after flutist and composer. Her music has been described as “the stunner of the evening,” (Washington Post) and “…music that demands to be heard….masterpiece..” (Fanfare Magazine). Making her first recordings at the age of 14, she has also been featured in Flute Talk and American Record Guide. Tan has been commissioned by groups such as the Grammy-winning Takacs String Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Players, and the Vermont Symphony. Recordings of her music include a recent release, Grand Theft and other Felonies, which features Carol Wincenc performing Autumn Lute Song and Tan as a flutist. Another recent release Revelations also on the ARSIS label has been received with great acclaim and is performed by the Jupiter String Quartet and Bruce Brubaker. Lotus Lives her intermedia chamber opera was performed and received similar praise. New commissions include Legends of Kintamani a concerto for Darrett Adkins, cellist (recording Oberlin/Naxos) and a piccolo concerto for Nicola Mazzanti. Her music is published by ECS Publishing and Theodore Presser.

 
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Mu Shu Wrap Rap by Su Lian Tan 

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MARIA RODRIGO - SPAIN    

BORN 20 MARCH

María Rodrigo (1888–1967) was a Spanish pianist and composer.

She was the daughter of Pantaléon Rodrigo, and studied music at the Madrid Conservatorium under José Tragó for piano, Valentín Arín for harmony and Emilio Serrano for composition.

She was the sister of psychologist Mercedes Rodrigo. The two left Spain for Switzerland during the Spanish Civil War, moved in 1939 to Bogota, Colombia, at the invitation of rector Agustín Nieto Caballero, and in 1950 to Puerto Rico at the invitation of José María García Madrid. With Pablo Casals Rodrigo founded the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. She died in Puerto Rico in 1967.

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La Copla Intrusa by Maria Rodrigo