Marianne von Martines (1744 -1812), composer, pianist, force behind Haydn and the most brilliant woman in Vienna

Glimmerglass's Artistic & General Manager Rob Ainsley previews the season

ELIZABETH JACQUET de la GUERRE (1665 – 1729): composer, improviser extraordinaire and harpsichordist to the Sun King

Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677). La Virtuosissima Cantatrice as she was known, the greatest virtuoso singer of her age

Francesca Caccini, La Cecchina (1587 – c. 1641): the first female opera composer and the highest paid musician at the court of the Medici in Florence

COUNTESS da DIA (c. 1150 - 1212): an authentic 12th century troubadour born into an ancient family of counts and countesses in the valley of the Drôme in southern France

Hildegard of Bingen, 1098 - 1179: abbess, poet, philosopher, botanist, historian, composer, visionary and saint

Joan Tower highlights 31 important composers for Women's History Month

Albany Symphony concert preview with Guilderland graduate Lidiya Yankovskaya

Albany Pro Musica concert preview with Jose Daniel Flores-Caraballo