A look back: Feminale 2024

The second edition of the Feminale Festival took place from 23.04 to 27.04

The program at a glance

Tuesday, 23.04.
18:00 - Profs go Feminale

HfMT teachers play works by Rebecca Clarke, Kaija Saariaho, Clara Schumann, Tera de Marez Oyens, Lili Boulanger, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Olga Neuwirth, Paule Maurice

20:00 - Schumu Night

School music students play works by Amy Beach, Cécile Chaminade, Rita Strohl, Hélène Fleury

Wednesday, 24.04.
17:45 - Standing Ovation I

Insights into the life, work and music of Dora Pejačević, Louise Farrenc, Ethel Smyth, Augusta Holmès

19:00 - ever heard of them? - Big band composers

The Landesjugendjazzorchester plays compositions by and with Claudia Döffinger

Thursday, 25.04.
17:00 - Live music - analyzed live

Concert with theoretical insights by Anne Hameister and Oliver Mathes on music by Grazyna Bacewicz, Meredith Monk

19:00 - Echoes of Freedom

Music by Iranian women composers meets baroque music - works by Barbara Strozzi, Arezou Rezaei, Mojan Alaiyeh, Francesca Campana, Homa Samiei, Francesca Caccini, Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

Friday, 26.04.
15:00 - Female Voices

With songs, duets and tercets by Fanny Hensel, Augusta Holmès, Judith Weir, Caroline Shaw, Barbara Strozzi, Irena Białkiewiczówna, Meredith Monk, Katharina Rosenberger, Lili Boulanger, Sophie Westenholz, Florence Price

17:30 - From here! Hamburg women composers

Chamber music with works by Felicitas Kukuck, Ilse Fromm-Michaels, Fanny Hensel, Helene Liebmann, Sofia Gubaidulina, Lisa Streich

19:30 - CANDOUR Duo

Clara Haberkamp and Lisa Wulff play and sing their own compositions - innovative sounds, subtle grooves, strong melodies

Saturday, 27.04.
12:00 - Discover, listen, sing along!

Songs by female composers and poets in the hymnal

13:45 - Standing ovation II

Insights into the life, work and music of Emilie Mayer, Ilse Fromm-Michaels, Hope Lee, Marianna Martines, Florence Price

15:00 - Shorty I: Female composers from Spain and Latin America

15:45 - Shorty II: Keys, Strings, Computers: A connection between past and present

18:30 - Great works need great halls

Big closing concert of the Feminale with the University of Hamburg choir and HfMT ensembles - works by Anna-Karin Klockar, Anna Thorwaldsdottir, Louise Farrenc, Ljubica Marić, Valerie Coleman

20:15 - Aretha Franklin - a femmage

Concert and closing party of the Feminale