We welcome pianist Mitra Kotte for a concert at the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington DC. 

In her recital, Mitra Kotte presents female composers of the 19th and 20th Century and their works. Women composers have faced many obstacles in their professional careers. Despite the difficulties, however, they have created outstanding pieces of music that continue to touch audiences today. The selection of works provides a historical overview of women’s compositions in Western classical music and highlights 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

Born in Vienna, Mitra Kotte studied piano and chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul. She is a prizewinner of multiple international competitions and has received many awards for her interpretations of works of the Viennese classical style. In 2024, Mitra Kotte has been selected for NASOM 2025/26 (The New Austrian Sound of Music).

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 Wiener Konzerthaus, the Wiener Musikverein, and the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). She has also performed in numerous festivals such as 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.

Image © Andrej Grilc