Sofia Asgatovna Goebaidoelina, born 24 october 1931 and still composing. At the Gergiev-Festival (Rotterdam) goes her latest work in premiere. Lives since 1992 in Germany in a smallplace near Hamburg.
Thanks for a new name (for me)
She seems to have often sailed close to the wind, politically speaking, and received the support of Shostakovich Sofia Gubaidulina
Her Offertorium
I like the way it starts with a quote from Bach's BWV 1079
Cecilia McDowall, b. 1951
Lena Raine (Indie games composer) - nil in any World
Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir - ditto
Margaret Bonds (1913 – 1972) (credited on a few Glenn Miller records)
Annabel (McLauchlan) Rooney - nil items
This week's BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week is Florence Price (1887-1953)
Not yet in Classical World, her style is noticeably individual, based on the European conservatory tradition but infused with spiritualist influences of the southern States.
To mention another woman conductor, I'm bowled over at this time by a recording of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducting the French National Orchestra in works by Purcell and Tippett Through The Night