Theme Day: Choir Weekend

Workshop on women choral composers at the Archiv Frau und Musik – NACHKLANG On Sunday 14 January 2018, the workshop concert from the series Komponistinnen-Welten featuring choral music by women composers took place in the Aula of the hoffmanns höfe in Frankfurt am Main. The participating choral singers came together from all over Germany for … Weiterlesen …

Theme Day: Tsippi Fleischer

On 30 October, 2016, we celebrated a truly great day in our archives.  The event began by welcoming approximately 30 guests who had traveled from all over Germany – including one of the founding members of the Internationaler Arbeitskreis Frau und Musik, Siegrid Ernst – by the Board of Directors, Dr. Vera Lasch and Mary … Weiterlesen …

Association IAK Frau und Musik

How it all began… In the fall of 1977, the conductor Elke Mascha Blankenburg wrote an article in the magazine emma about forgotten women composers (link to the German original article pp. 44–46). Shortly thereafter, women musicians and composers from around the world gathered to form a working group. Blankenburg’s call to “unearth and perform … Weiterlesen …

Women Composers’ Worlds

With Women Composers’ Worlds we’d like to offer themed glimpses into our inventory in cooperation with composers, musicians, ensembles and conductors. We started last year with the celebrations for Tsippi Fleischer’s 70th birthday in the hall at hoffmanns höre. This included the debut of her video opera, Adapa. In January 2018 the theme of Women … Weiterlesen …