A Woman's Work
Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Modern works, and the championing of bold, living composers, have served as
the foundation of pianist Jenny Lin’s auspicious career. On today’s
program, she talks about her advocacy of new music and performs compositions
by Russian Elena Firsova and Hungarian-Romanian György Ligeti. Plus, music
writer Anne Midgette discusses the sea change in music criticism and classical-music
media coverage from the increasingly prevalent female perspective.
One of pianist Jenny Lin’s most recent honors was a Golden Music Awards nomination this year.
One of pianist Jenny Lin’s most recent honors was a Golden Music Awards nomination this year.
The first-ever female to write about classical music for The New York Times, opera expert Anne Midgette has addressed everything from the signature sound
of orchestras to the influence, however minor, that visual artists have on their
classical-composer peers.
