The Virtuosa ProjectBegin here as Infusion Baroque members share their Reflections on this project. [here]
Then continue down this page to find out about the women who were the inspiration for the Virtuosa Project. 
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Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia (1723–1787)
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Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia’s first seventeen years were spent under the overbearing and abusive influence of her father. He forbade...
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Anna Bon (ca. 1740 – after 1767) A virtuoso Venetian chamber musician, harpsichordist, singer, and composer... [more]
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Anne-Louise Boyvin d’Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
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Anne-Louise Boyvin d’Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy was born into a wealthy Parisian family in 1744. Celebrated by...
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Anne-Jeanne Cassanéa de Mondonville, née Boucon (1708–1780)
Anne-Jeanne Cassanéa de Mondonville was a celebrated French keyboardist. Born in 1708, her father was a...
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Clara Schumann, née Wieck (1819–1896)
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Clara Schumann was a prominent pianist of the Romantic era, a notable composer, and a dedicated music teacher. While she is best known today for being the wife of Robert Schumann, Clara had already established an international reputation... [more] |
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
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Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre was acknowledged as a significant musician in her own lifetime and has taken her place in our modern-day canon of Baroque composers. Born to a...
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Hélène Liebmann, née Riese (1795–1869)
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Born in Berlin to wealthy middle-class parents, Hélène Riese received an excellent musical education in piano and composition. Lauded as a child prodigy—she was... [more] |
Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
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Leopoldine Blahetka was an Austrian pianist and composer. Lauded as a child prodigy, she made her debut performance in 1818, and many famous pianists, including Beethoven and Chopin, followed her career with interest. She toured... [more] |
Linda Catlin Smith (b. 1957)
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Linda Catlin Smith’s relationship with composing started at the piano during her childhood in New York. Today her works are played, commissioned, and recorded by soloists, ensembles, and festivals across... [more] |
Maddalena Laura Sirmen, née Lombardini (1745–1818)
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Born to a noble Venetian family, Maddalena Laura Lombardini was accepted to the Ospedale dei Mendicanti as a music student at age seven. There her studies included voice, violin, and keyboard instruments. At fourteen... [more] |
Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
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Italian violinist and composer Teresa Milanollo made her stage debut at the tender age of nine. During the following year, she performed throughout Europe—in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and more, sometimes... [more] |
Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia, later Margräfin of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
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Wilhelmine von Bayreuth was the elder sister of Anna Amalia and Frederick II, and she joined their secret study of music. Although her marriage to the Margrave Frederick of Bayreuth was arranged, her husband shared her passion for culture... [more] |
