Impulsradio special
impulsradio #4 - celebrating Womens' Day: an hour of young female composers
Sendetermin 04.03.2025 20:00 bis 21:00The fourth episode in our series is dedicated to showcasing female musical talents. Even though many advancements have already been made to change the male-occupied role model of the classical music composer, women are still underrepresented in contemporary music festivals and music academies. With this hour of exciting new compositions by young female composers of the impuls academy 2025, we want to draw attention to the fact that there are a lot of talents to discover, and women in music are going strong! Tune in and enjoy!
Playlist:
Athanasia Kontou – unedited
Jieun Lee – frog manslaughter
Katya Shirshkova – transition spaces
Shiwei Liu – Yu-un for 5 instruments
Milica Modra – Glaciers
Gaia Aloisi - della pace interrotta
host: Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka
The impulsradio series is curated by Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, member of Ensemble Schallfeld, with music and statements from people of the impuls community. It is a cooperation project between Radio Helsinki and impuls.
Information zur Sendereihe
impulsradio is a short series dedicated to showcasing contemporary music from composers and performers of the impuls festival and academy in Graz. This edition of impuls takes place from the 17th to the 22nd February 2025. It is a creative melting pot for musicians and composers from all over the world, offering masterclasses, lectures, workshops, concerts and interdisciplinary performances, which will happen in several locations all across the city of Graz. The four episodes of this short series are dedicated to feature performers of contemporary music (#1 – 12.2.2025), new electronic compositions (#2 – 14.02.2025), a palette of international young composer talents (#3 – 26.02.2025) and young female composers from the impuls academy (#4 – 04.03.2025). Close your eyes, open your ears and get fascinated by the diversity of today’s music!