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Today we commemorate a remarkable woman in music history – Fanny Hensel, born on November 14. She was a 19th century German composer and pianist whose talent and influence were often overshadowed by her famous brother Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Fanny Hensel was born into a family in which music played an important role. With an incredible talent and passion for music, she began composing at an early age. Although social norms often denied women access to the professional music world, Fanny continued her artistic journey and created an impressive collection of piano pieces, songs and chamber music.

Fanny Hensel’s influence extends far beyond her time, and today her works are performed worldwide.

On Fanny Hensel’s birthday, we celebrate her pioneering spirit as a woman in the 19th century music world. Happy birthday, Fanny Hensel!

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From November 10 to 12, 2023, the 2nd Women Composers’ Meeting took place in Nuremberg, which focused on the creativity and diversity of outstanding women composers from all over the world. Furore Verlag was represented with a presentation, which offered the opportunity to exchange ideas directly with the female composers.
The meeting, organized by Prof. Vivienne Olive and the Archiv Frau und Musik, provided a deep insight into the contemporary music scene. The works of talented female composers took center stage. Many of these works have found a permanent place in Furore Verlag’s repertoire.
We look back on an impressive event that not only highlighted the importance and diversity of contemporary music, but also promoted collaboration and exchange between female artists. Furore Verlag would like to thank all participants, sponsors and organizers. The passionate atmosphere and the commitment of all those present made this event an inspiring encounter.

We warmly invite you to our open day!

On Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. we will be holding an open day in our warehouse/concert hall
at Philippistrasse 17, 34127 Kassel
with readings, music and plenty of time to browse.

The project “Diabelli Recomposed: 50 Diabelli Waltz Variations by contemporary female composers worldwide” is the result of a very exciting three-year collaboration. Yesterday evening, on November 5, 2023, the 50-fold premiere of the “Diabelli Recomposed” project was performed and celebrated at the Staatstheater Braunschweig.

10 pianists from Prof. Ewa Kupiec’s class at the Hanover University of Music performed the works: We would like to thank Lioba Schmidt, Louisa Emilia Schneider, Oleksandra Kiktenko, Tsuzumi Namikawa, Harune Yoshida, Clara Strobel, Lal Karaalioglu, Greta Zamyckaja, Yue Chen and Zhu Zhuang, whose unique musical interpretations were enthusiastically received by the audience. The “Diabelli Recomposed” project was initiated by Claudia Bigos, a musicologist from Braunschweig. Her great commitment and visionary initiative laid the foundations for this impressive project.

The works of 50 female composers from all over the world, each of whom put Diabelli’s waltz variations in a new light in an original way, are all characterized by their diversity and uniqueness. It is an inspiring, exciting journey through the world of music, involving women from 22 nations and uniting several generations at the same time. Almost exactly 200 years after the first publication of Diabelli’s waltz variation, this concert and the sheet music edition completed the …

200 years ago Anton Diabelli asked 50 composers to each write a variation on a waltz theme he had written – not a single women composer was among the composers. In 1924, the anthology entitled “50 Variations by the Most Excellent Composers and Virtuosos of Vienna” was published by the music publisher Cappi & Diabelli.
200 years later, on 05.11.2023, an extraordinary musical event will take place in the Staatstheater Braunschweig: The 50th premiere of waltz variations for solo piano on the same waltz theme by Diabelli. What makes this event particularly remarkable is that this time the variations are exclusively by 50 talented women composers from 22 different countries. The project was initiated by musicologist Claudia Bigos from Braunschweig and is under the patronage of General Director Dagmar Schlingmann.
For the performance 10 students from the piano class of Prof. Ewa Kupiec from the Hanover University of Music and Performing Arts (HMTMH) were selected. More infos

The sheet music edition is published by Furore Verlag.

Marie Awadis Armenia/Lebanon/Germany
Emanuela Ballio Italy
Marina Baranova Ukraine/Germany
Victoria Bond USA
Carmen Maria Cârneci Romania
Daria Cheikh-Sarraf Germany/Poland/Iran
Michaela Dietl Germany
Violeta Dinescu Romania/Germany
Asia Dojnikowski Poland
Siegrid Ernst Germany
Carlotta Ferrari Italy
Susanne Hardt Germany
Jessi Harvey USA
Dorothea Hofmann Germany
Sophia Jani Germany
Justina Jaruševičiūtė …

Viera Janárčeková, the E.T.A. Hoffmann Prize winner of the city of Bamberg, died on May 14 2023 at the age of 81 in Großbottwar (Ludwigsburg district).

Viera Janárceková studied music in Bratislava and Prague. Shortly after the suppression of the “Prague Spring” she emigrated to the then FRG. She lived for a long time near Kassel together with the writer Ulrich Holbein, first in Remsfeld, then in Homberg-Allmuthshausen. Since 1981 she was active as a freelance composer. She spent the last years of her life in Bamberg.
From initially traditionally oriented pieces, she gradually developed an experimental idiosyncratic style, along with appropriate writing styles. Commissioned works, prizes, radio broadcasts and publications testify to the growing interest in and recognition of Janárceková’s music.
Viera Janárceková’s works range from vocal and chamber music to large-scale orchestral pieces. “She understood experimentation as an indispensable part of her creative work, exploring new sounds and playing techniques. Again and again, her music was described as electrifying and magical,” Georg Pepl said in the HNA. She found her own musical path through listening. For new pieces, she always had various instruments handy at her desk to try out different sounds. Wolfgang Rihm wrote in …

Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (* October 17, 1720 in Milan; † January 19, 1795 ibid.) was an Italian composer and harpsichordist.

She sent a collection of arias to the Electress Maria Antonia Walpurgis, who was herself musically active as a composer and performer.
Furore Verlag has published three arias from this collection, edited by Michael Goldbach. It is documented that even the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa personally performed arias by Maria Teresa Agnesis. The twelve arias prove her ability to mirror the affects of a dramatic situation through harmony, vocal writing, and instrumentation.

New at Furore: An anthology of works for guitar resulting from a concert project with Stefan Barcsay Throw your fear into the air featuring works by:

Dorothea Hofmann: “Still …” (2021) for guitar solo and “Noch” (2021) for voice and guitar (text: Rose Ausländer)
Barbara Mayer: Discurso Poético (2022) (inspired by a northern Brazilian “Martelo agalopado”)
Florentine Mulsant: Poème pour guitare op. 113 (2022)
Vivienne Olive: …your dreams fall into nowhere… (2022) (Barafostus’ Dream)
Larisa Vrhunc Na Vetru (2022) (In the wind)

Some years ago Stefan Barcsay discovered a book of poems by Rose Ausländer with the poem NOCH BIST DU DA (You Are Still There), which fitted in perfectly with a concert trip to Ukraine to Lviv and Chernowitz that he was planning at the time. This had to be cancelled and instead the tour began in Suceava, in the Romanian part of Bukovina. Since then, many compositions for the project WIRF DEINE ANGST IN DIE LUFT (a line from the poem “Noch bist du da” by Rose Ausländer) have been written and premiered by Stefan Barcsay.