La Femme: Journey of Female Composers | Naxos 8551470

La Femme: Journey of Female Composers

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8551470

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 2nd December 2022

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About

Through much of history the language of women has been told through men, but La Femme turns this narrative upside down. All of these composers share an unrelenting will to be artistic, often in opposition to the societies in which they found themselves. From the very earliest medieval verses by Kassia via the blind virtuoso Maria von Paradis’s famed Sicilienne and holocaust victim Ilse Weber’s moving Wiegala, to powerful modern statements by the likes of Niloufar Nourbakhsh and Flaka Goranci’s own contribution, The Speech of Love – this entire project is dedicated to all creative women in music.

Mezzo-soprano Flaka Goranci can already look back on an extensive career on the international opera stage. This project ‘La Femme’ brings together female composers from Middle Easter, Balkan and Western countries.

Goranci is a recipient of the Hildegard Zadek Scholarship. She made her debut at the age of 22, as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the National Opera Tirana, Albania. Other roles included Cherubino, Dido, Dorabella, Die Mutter, Bojana. Her Lied repertoire includes works by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Berio and others.

Goranci has worked with many distinguished conductors, including Nicolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Kuhn, Ulrich Windfur, Pawel Poplawski, Enrico Delamboye, Manfred Mayhofer, Vittorio Parisi, Yishai Steckler, Zhani Ciko, among others.

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