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The Austrian Cultural Forum London is delighted to present the incredibly talented Austrian pianist Mitra Kotte in a special piano recital celebrating female composers of the 19th and 20th century. Through her performance, Mitra highlights the significant contributions of women to Western classical music.
Female composers have faced many obstacles during their professional careers. Despite difficulties, however, they have created outstanding pieces of music 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.
Programme:
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
Piano Sonata in c minor, op. 21 (1895)
Amy Beach (1876–1944)
from: Four Sketches, op. 15, no. 3 Dreaming (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 New Austrian Sound of Music” program 2025/26 and to be Featured Artist 2022/23 by the “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, at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul.
