Cécile Chaminade

Cécile Chaminade (8 August 1857 – 13 April 1944) was a French composer and pianist. In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer. Ambroise Thomas said, "This is not a woman who composes, but a composer who is a woman

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• She persisted and created her own success in defiance of the sexism faced at home and abroad. We explore her life, works you need to hear, and even hear a 122-year-old recording of Chaminade herself!
  • https://weta.org/fm/features/classical-breakdown/life-and-music-cecile-chaminade-genius-has-no-gender WETA (March 21, 2023)
• Below are some of the works mentioned in the podcast, some are new recordings and one of them is of Chaminade herself!
  • The life and music of Cecile Chaminade: Genius has no gender WETA (March 21, 2023)