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  • A New Biography of Clara Schumann

    Today I’m so excited to share the covers of Madame Composer: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann, my new biography of this giant of German Romanticism. Yes, I said covers, plural, because there’s two: one for the US / Canada release, and one for the UK release. I love them both. It’s incredibly surreal to finally…

  • Mozart’s Sister documentary & Clara Schumann’s cadenzas

    A new documentary about women composers, focusing on Maria Anna Mozart (otherwise known as Nannerl, Wolfgang’s older sister), is premiering at international film festivals this summer. Mozart’s Sister will also be broadcast on PBS in the U.S. and on other international channels this autumn. Filmmaker Madeleine Hetherton-Miau with Media Stockade has made an amazing film…

  • Student’s Reaction to Clara Wieck’s Concerto: Hearing It LIVE for the First Time

    “This all led me to reading about her life, which evolved into me wanting to compose just like her.” Stellaria Ciampolini Vukelić learned about Clara Wieck’s Piano Concerto around the same age as the composer herself began writing it – age 13. For reference, *I* Sarah Fritz didn’t learn of its existence until I was…