Les Variations de Clara : 10 concerts à ne pas manquer en 2021/2022

By Clara Leonardi, 20 September 2021

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“Dans bon nombre d'institutions, les œuvres écrites par des femmes resteront ultra minoritaires”

Bachtrack, 24th February

Setting texts by Nobel prize winning author Han Kang, this new work by British composer Laura Bowler for soprano and large orchestra is an emotionally charged exploration of mourning and longing.

Back in the spotlight: Bru Zane gives women composers chance to shine

Elodie Olson-Coons, 2nd February

With significant works by Louise Farrenc, Augusta Holmès and Clémence de Grandval – including two grand operas – Palazzetto Bru Zane is pioneering rediscovery of French music of the 19th century.

The wolf returns: Debbie Wiseman talks The Mirror and the Light

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, 7th November

Composer Debbie Wiseman talks about returning to Wolf Hall and the world of the Tudors, for the BBC’s adaptation of the conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s story of Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII, The Mirror and the Light.

Maliciously witty: the music of Vítězslava Kaprálová

Bachtrack, 19th July

The Czech composer and conductor Vítězslava Kaprálová demonstrated astonishing musical gifts, creating stylish and surprising music in almost every genre, before a tragic early death at the age of 25.

Deadly playful: eight new works from women composers in 2024

Lawrence Dunn, 8th March

Kaleidoscopic, surreal, uncanny, crystalline, playful and deadly – we survey eight women composers with new works to be premiered in 2024.

Composition as learning: Cassandra Miller

Lawrence Dunn, 7th March

The Canadian composer talks about her working method, her interest in vocality, her guitar concerto for Sean Shibe and the Dunedin Consort, and whether she’s still trying to make audiences cry.

Clara Leonardi

Formée au Conservatoire de Metz, Clara Leonardi y obtient son DEM de violon et son prix de Perfectionnement de quatuor à cordes. Elle s’implique aujourd’hui dans plusieurs orchestres amateurs parisiens en parallèle de ses études de commerce et fréquente assidûment les grandes salles parisiennes. Passionnée par le répertoire des compositrices, elle est aussi la co-fondatrice de ComposHer, un média en ligne dédié aux femmes dans la musique classique.