Julia Kurig Yazaki (mezzo-soprano) and Sofi Simeonidis (piano)

Excludable Femininity - Female identity in art songs

In past centuries, being a woman was a reason for exclusion and discrimination. Even today, distinctions and restrictions based on sex and gender are commonplace - and music is no exception. It was much harder to be a musician or composer as a woman. Yet there have been many amazing, creative and intelligent women who have composed and created music. But their work is often forgotten and overshadowed by that of their male colleagues.

In this programme, Julia and Sofi perform songs by both male and female composers. With the image of women created by men and reproduced in the songs of male composers, and of course the songs of the female composers themselves, they want to try to get to know better these forgotten and excluded female artists and their music.

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