CGED Research Seminar Series

Boulanger Sisters Tribute on Lili's Centennial Anniversary of her Death

Dr. Jacqueline Petitto, piano

Date: 21 May 2018

Time: 12:30-1:30pm

Venue: Drake Gallery, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

A lecture recital of solo and chamber music by Nadia and Lili Boulanger highlighting the important contributions both female musicians/composers have made to the profession. Live performances interspersed with biographical description and documentary clips.

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) composed exquisite works and was the first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize, but died at the tender age of 25. 

Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) studied composition with Gabriel Faure and became the most influential composition teacher and music pedagogue of the 20th Century. Her pupils include Burt Bacharach. Daniel Barenboim, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Roy Harris, Quincy Jones, Dinu Lipatti, Gian Carlo Menotti, Astor Piazzolla, Walter Piston, and Virgil Thomson to name a few.

Co-sponsored by:

Committee on Gender Equality and Diversity

Women’s Studies Research Centre

Music Department, HKU