EVC News
22 Nocturnes for Chopin Launch at Steinway Hall in London
Oct
EVC Music launched 22 Nocturnes for Chopin by Women Composers at Steinway Hall in London on 18 September 2023.
“The anthology is a result of the #CallToWomenComposers worldwide search for talented but not-yet-published women composers. The applications for new piano works inspired by Chopin’s Nocturnes were open to women composers aged 14+. EVC received over eighty piano scores in a variety of styles ranging from Experimental to Romantic.
The selection committee were presented with ‘nameless’ scores, and sixteen were chosen in addition to six commissions by established composers. Each composer in this collection speaks in her own authentic voice. Her music stirs emotions and reveals her cultural influences. Almost every Chopin piano work has a dedication to a woman, and this anthology of piano pieces written by women composers will complete the circle.”
Elena Cobb, Founder of the EVC Music
Watch the video
Watch this wonderful video with the interviews with Tim Parry, Editor of the International Piano magazine, Andrew Eales, Chair of the Selection Committee for the project, Lady Rose Сholmondeley, President & Co-Chairman of the Chopin Society (UK), to name but a few!
Composers left to write:
Alanna Crouch, Dianna Neufeld, Stephenie Leung, Caroline Wright, Nitzan Vardi, Caroline Tyler, Zoe Rahman, Rose McLachlan (pianist), Charlotte Butler, Lucy Hackett, Victoria Proudler, Marlowe Carruth and Charlotte Botterill.
Nocturne Autumn in C# minor by Agnieszka Lasko (Poland), featured in the International Piano magazine, September 2023 issue.