Women's History Month 2026 on Classical WMHT

Anna Clyne 31.03.2026 11:51 ↓

(1980 – ) the Ivor award-winning, Grammy-nominated British composer, curator of this series, resident here in the Hudson Valley

Maeve Gilchrist 30.03.2026 4:20 ↓

(1985 –) the Scottish harpist and composer based in Kingston

Nathalie Joachim 29.03.2026 5:13 ↓

(1983 –) the Grammy-nominated Haitian-American composer, singer, and flutist

Angélica Negrón 28.03.2026 4:00 ↓

(1981 – ) the vibrant Puerto Rican composer, singer, and accordionist

Clarice Assad 27.03.2026 3:49 ↓

(1978 –) The Grammy-nominated Brazilian-American composer and pianist and singer, an Albany Symphony favorite

Anna Meredith 26.03.2026 3:18 ↓

(1978 –) the Scottish composer, MBE, whose recording debut swept up Scottish Album of the Year

Anna Thorvaldsdottir 25.03.2026 3:56 ↓

(1977 –) the Icelandic cellist and composer, winner of the 2012 Nordic Council Music Prize

Paola Prestini 24.03.2026 3:52 ↓

(1975 –) Italian-American composer, creator and connector, founder of National Sawdust

Valerie Coleman 23.03.2026 4:24 ↓

(1970 –) MPR Classical Woman of the Year, distinguished artist of the century, and the Grammy-winning powerhouse behind Imani winds

Gabriela Ortiz 22.03.2026 3:41 ↓

(1964 –) Multi Grammy and national award-winning Mexican composer

Errolyn Wallen 21.03.2026 3:23 ↓

(1958 – ) First Black woman to be Master of the King's Music

Elena Kats-Chernin 20.03.2026 4:05 ↓

(1957 –) the prolific and much loved Russian-Australian composer and pianist

Kaija Saariaho 19.03.2026 3:03 ↓

(1952 – 2023) The Finnish Spectralist; first woman in over a century to be performed at the Met

Tania León 18.03.2026 3:48 ↓

(1943 -) The Cuban American composer, first Latin American woman to win a Pulitzer

Germaine Tailleferre 17.03.2026 4:19 ↓

(1892 – 1983) the only woman in the famed Les Six French group of composers

Lili Boulanger 16.03.2026 3:18 ↓

(1893 – 1918) First woman to win the Prix de Rome

Nadia Boulanger 15.03.2026 4:01 ↓

(1887 – 1979) Pianist, conductor, and greatest teacher of the 20th Century

Dora Pejačević 14.03.2026 3:46 ↓

(1885 – 1923) the pioneering Croatian pianist and composer

Henriette Renié 13.03.2026 3:56 ↓

(1875 – 1956) the greatest harpist of all time

Mel Bonis 12.03.2026 3:58 ↓

(1858 – 1937) most prolific and successful, but forced to be a society lady. With a secret life