Mitra Kotte presents female composers of the 19th and 20th Century
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OCTOBER 29 | 6:30 PM
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Join us for a concert by Austrian pianist Mitra Kotte.
About the Concert
In her piano recital, Mitra Kotte presents female composers of the 19th and 20th Century and their works. The Female composers whose works are presented in this concert faced many obstacles during their professional careers. But despite these difficulties, they created outstanding works that still touch audiences today. The selection of works provides a historic overview of compositions by women in Western classical music and emphasizes the diversity of their compositional styles and musical ideas.
Program:
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
Piano Sonata in c minor, op. 21 (1895)
Amy Beach (1876–1944)
Four Sketches, op. 15 (1892)
Dora Pejačević (1885–1923)
selection of: Život Cvijeća (The Life of Flowers), op. 19 (1904–05)
Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
Vers la vie nouvelle (Towards a New Life) (1918)
Maria Hofer (1894–1977)
Toccata (The Machine) (1947)
Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
Dubnová preludia (April Preludes), op. 13 (1937)
About the Artist
Mitra Kotte, born in Vienna, is a prizewinner of multiple international competitions and has received many awards for her interpretation of works of the Viennese classical style. In addition, she was selected for the 2025/26 ‘The New Austrian Sound of Music’ program and named Featured Artist for the 2022/23 season by ‘Jeunesse – musik.erleben’ Austria.
With years of concert experience as a soloist and chamber musician in the most renowned concert halls, Mitra Kotte is a regular guest at the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Vienna Musikverein, and the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). She has also performed in numerous festivals including the International Brucknerfest Linz, the Ljubljana Festival, the Carinthian Summer Music Festival, the “Septembre Musical Montreux-Vevey”, the “Oberösterreichische Stiftskonzerte”, and in concert halls such as the Tonhalle Zürich and the Dublin National Concert Hall.
She studied piano and chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul.