Join for an art talk with Austrian contemporary composer Olga Neuwirth and musician Elizabeth Helgeson.
American women gained the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. In 2020, the New York Philharmonic introduced Project 19, a multi-season initiative to commission and premiere 19 new works by 19 women composers, the largest women-only commissioning initiative in history.
Austrian contemporary composer Olga Neuwirth talks about her life and career, as well as her new work commissioned through the New York Philharmonic’s Project 19 Initiative, Keyframes for a Hippogriff- Musical Calligrams in Memoriam Hester Diamond.
President and violist of the Talea Ensemble in New York, Director of Artistic Planning and Administration at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and most recently as the Director, Artistic Planning and Administration at the New York Philharmonic, Elizabeth Helgeson will lead the conversation.
Date and time
Tuesday, April 16 · 7 – 8:30pm EDT
Location
Austrian Cultural Forum New York11 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10022
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