In celebration of International Women's Day on 8 March 2022, the UN Chamber Music Society will perform a concert - to pay special tribute to the women who have helped to shape classical music history. Watch the concert on UN YouTube & UN WebTV. 🕊
Tania León's “Stride,” a work both solemn and celebratory, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music on Friday. It premiered at the New York Philharmonic in February 2020. https://t.co/dJKH346zml
Florence Price, the first African American woman to have her music performed by a major symphony orchestra, was born on this day in 1887. Here's her incredible story. 🎻
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Coming soon: @CraftEnsemble plays #JudithLangZaimont (@Jamesarts45) A STRANGE MAGIC, STRING QUARTET NO. 2 in virtual concert at 2021 Women Composers Festival (@HartfordWCF). Sat, March 20. 7:30pm. Details here: https://t.co/HuYHLof2wi
Judith Lang Zaimont's A Strange Magic - String Quartet No. 2 will be performed by The Craft Ensemble on March 20 as part of their online program for The Women Composers Festival of Hartford (CT). Register to see the virtual program at https://t.co/ye13bwg38X.
The first time @KayhanKalhor left Iran, he was 17 & walked 2500 miles to Italy. He lived in the U.S. legally for decades. But after chaotic encounters with American immigration at the height of the Trump-era travel ban, he decided to return to Iran.
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