The Festival frauenkomponiert 2018 in Zurich, Basel and Bern from 7th–11th March was a resounding success. On the festival programme were works by Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Padoani Bembo, Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Helena Tulve, Susanne Doll, Louise Farrenc, Clara Schumann, Esther Flückiger, Fanny Hensel, Mel Bonis, Jeanne Demessieux, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Amy Beach, Alma Mahler, Isabelle Aboulker, Caroline Charrière, Agnes Tyrrell, Alma Deutscher, Heidi Baader-Nobs, Amy Beach, May Aufderheide, Julia Lee Niebergall, Sadie Koninsky, Adeline Sheperd, Irene Giblin, Meredith Monk, Germaine Tailleferre, Anita Baker, Fabienne Ambühl, and Nathalie Laesser Zweifel performed by David Blunden, Nicoleta Paraschivescu and Susanne Doll (organ), Maya Boog (soprano), Kathrin Bürgin (recorder), Jiří Němeček und Alma Deutscher (violin), Mariana Doughty (viola), Ludovic van Hellemont, Adrian Oetiker, Simon Bucher, Kirsten Johnson, Marcus Schwarz, Tomas Dratva and Nathalie Laesser Zweifel (piano), Els Biesemans (Hammerflügel), Aria Quartet, Musica fiorita (dir. Daniela Dolci) and the orchestra L’anima giusta (leader Jiří Němeček), conducted by Jessica Horsley. It’s encouraging and impressive to see how the project has grown since 2014/15 and that Basel has become a centre of music by women composers.
Read more about the festival here