Back in January, 主播大秀 Radio 3 put out to upload recordings of music by women classical composers via 主播大秀 Music Introducing.
We received literally hundreds of incredible responses from up-and-coming composers and performers – some of whom have been chosen to perform live on Radio 3 as part of the station’s International Women's Day 2018 celebrations.
You can hear them on the . Let’s meet the performers...
Tabea Debus – recorder player
Forget that plastic thing you learned at school: German recorder player Tabea plays the real deal. Despite having graduated just a year ago from the Royal Academy of Music, she already has three solo albums under her belt. On IWD 2018 she’ll be showcasing her contemporary music chops by playing Air by Fumiko Miyachi and Two and a Half Minutes to Midnight by Dani Howard.
Yoanna Prodanova – cellist
Bulgarian cellist Yoanna Prodanova is currently studying at the Guildhall School and regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe and in Canada. In Thursday’s concert, she’ll play the first movement of a cello sonata by .
Natalie Bleicher – composer and pianist
Natalie Bleicher is a composer, but also plays the piano and has a particular passion for performing contemporary music. On IWD 2018 she’ll perform three pieces by living women composers – Wind Energy (from Our Planet Earth) by Karen Tanaka, Before Time by Issie Barratt and Deine schönen Hände by, er, Natalie Bleicher. Now that’s what we call multi-tasking.
Papagena – vocal ensemble
Papagena is an a cappella vocal group who delight in performing an exceptionally wide range of music, from medieval plainchant to brand new music for female voices. They pride themselves on having “no props, no microphones, no gimmicks: just five stunning voices”. Hear for yourself on 8 March, when they perform a medieval antiphon by Hildegard of Bingen alongside the quirky Jack's Valentine by contemporary American composer Libby Larsen.
Electra Perivolaris – composer
Electra Perivolaris is a Scottish composer and pianist whose music reflects on physical and emotional landscapes and is often inspired by the time she spends walking in remote places. Her piece, Delicate granite rock, crumbling apart in my hands, will be performed on IWD 2018 by a quirky trio comprising soprano saxophone, cello and piano.
Anna Sza艂ucka – pianist
Anna Szalucka is a Polish-born pianist currently studying at the Royal College of Music on the pleasingly-named “Hodgson Fellowship”. You can hear her tinkle the ivories on IWD, when she’ll play the finale from Grazyna Bacewicz’s Piano Sonata No 2 – then, with the Bukolika Piano Trio (piano, violin and cello), Lili Boulanger’s D'un matin de printemps.
On Thursday 8 March, 主播大秀 Radio 3 celebrate International Women’s Day 2018 with an entire day of music composed by women – including a live concert by up-and-coming musicians from 主播大秀 Music Introducing.