Aglajas Salon: Komponistinnen der Weltausstellung 1893

In the organizer's words:

Our topic at Aglaja's Salon this time:

Women composers at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.

It all started when I came across the sheet music of Amy Beach's Romance op. 23 - a great piece that piqued my curiosity. I discovered that Beach had her breakthrough with a commission for the opening of the World's Fair. There, for the first time, there was a separate "Woman's Building" dedicated to 75 female composers and their music, something unique until then!

Hyun-Hwa Park and I selected five impressive female composers: In addition to Beach, Ingeborg von Bronsart, Augusta Holmès, Francis Rosalind Ellicott and my favorite, Liza Lehmann. Their works deserve to finally get the attention they deserve for their exceptional quality!

Aglaja's Salon is a moderated concert and is regularly dedicated to exciting, unusual and musically fulfilling themes in various instrumentations. The salon is on a (reasonable) donation basis and after the concert there is time to talk about what you have heard over a drink.

Aglaja Camphausen: violoncello, soprano and moderator

Hyun-Hwa Park: piano

Price information:

We are happy to receive appropriate donations!