Maja Strozzi-Pečić: Star of the South Slav Opera
Verica Grmusa
11 June 2021
“My friend, Maja Strozzi, perhaps the most beautiful voice of both hemispheres.” Thomas Mann (Doctor Faustus, chapter 37)
Music, Voice, Message
People who identify as women
WSF is an online forum devoted to women’s voices in song, to the many songs by women, and to the many female musicians working in and with song, who have yet to be given the attention they deserve. The Women’s Song Forum provides an opportunity to expand and enhance knowledge and understanding of this rich and significant area of musical practice and scholarship, and – as the name “forum” suggests – aims to encourage discussion and debate across different interest groups. It is also hoped that the forum will give access to performances of music that are otherwise hard to access.
At the heart of the forum is our commitment to diverse approaches and subjects and access by a wide-ranging audience. In addition to weekly posts by members of our team, there will occasionally be guest bloggers.
“My friend, Maja Strozzi, perhaps the most beautiful voice of both hemispheres.” Thomas Mann (Doctor Faustus, chapter 37)
This post, the first episode in my new podcast, discusses Maya Angelou’s poem “Phenomenal Woman” and a powerful setting of it by Farayi Malek.
Two members of the WSF Team explore the context and power of Liza Lehmann’s “Evensong.”
From accounts of individual women or performances to historical essays, from interviews with songwriters and performers to discussions of political issues in and through song.
