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Feminale 2026
SAVE THE DATE!
On April 17, 2026 we start with a Feminale kickoff at the Wiesendamm location - with performance and music theater!
From April 23-25, 2026 the festival days will take place at the location in Milchstraße.
More information to follow, look forward to it!
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What is the Feminale?
The Feminale celebrates female composers and their music! Because there are and always have been female composers - they have just been written out of music history.
With the Feminale, we want to give women composers, their works and their stories lasting visibility. We want them to be considered as a matter of course in musical performance, education and research. This is the only way to create an equal and vibrant musical life that everyone can enjoy. This is why we have been organizing concerts focusing on female composers and an annual festival at the HfMT for four years now.
The next Feminale Music Festival will take place at the HfMT from April 17 to 26, 2026. Come along and discover your new favorite pieces!
The team
Linda Wesche, HfMT alumna, has been a member of the Feminale teamsince summer 2022. She loves discovering female composers, their stories and works and bringing them to the stage - music that is mostly performed for the first time at the HfMT and even in Hamburg!
At the Feminale , Linda takes care of the conception and organization of the concerts, as well as the spatial planning and finances.
Antonia has been particularly interested in music by female composers, their biographies and works for over 10 years and is constantly expanding her own repertoire - because she studies singing at the HfMT Hamburg and loves to discover music by women* and bring it to the stage in new concert formats and programs! She is a co-founder of Feminale and initiated the exhibition Standing Ovation - Female Composers Seen in 2023 with the desire to make female composers visible and audible !
Johanna initially studied historical musicology, where she already dealt with various female composers. She continues this work in her vocal studies at the HfMT and enjoys giving female composers a voice in various concert formats. At Feminale , she is the social media manager and keeps an eye on the finances.
Laura has been part of the Feminale team since fall 2024. She studies historical musicology at the University of Hamburg and loves rummaging through archives and libraries for old sheet music and documents. In addition to organizing concerts, she is mainly responsible for press relations and fundraising at Feminale . Her favorite composer at the moment is Emilie Mayer (at least as long as she is writing her master's thesis on Mayer's chamber music).
Clara is a vocal student at the HfMT. She discovered her enthusiasm for concert organization through a FSJ in the event industry, but at the same time the desire for more visibility of female composers arose in her. She is the newest member of the Feminale team.