Global Perspectives on Women Pianists#

Edited by Joe Davies, Natasha Loges MAE#

Pathbreaking study that explores the piano as an instrument of globalism, colonialism and mobility and what this meant for women pianists from around the world.

This book surveys women pianists around the world. It focuses on the mid-nineteenth to the late-twentieth centuries, an era that witnessed sustained interest in piano performance against a backdrop of technological and socio-political transformation. The authors range from emerging to established scholars, from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. They take diverse approaches to the piano as an instrument of globalism, colonialism, class, and mobility, within women’s lives. These include explorations of mapping, networks, and cultural transfer; feminist examinations of archival traces; the implications of distinctive geographies and socio-political conditions; and the links between gender and genre, including contemporary and experimental musics. The volume offers a bold account of global approaches to women in music and encourages innovative ways of rethinking piano culture.



ISBN Hardcover: 9781837652037
ISBN eBook (EPUB): 9781837653966
eBook (PDF): 9781837653973
Publication date: March 2026
Publisher: Boydell Press

About Natasha Loges#

Natasha Loges MAE is Professor of Musicology at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. She was previously Head of Postgraduate Programmes at the Royal College of Music, London. Natasha Loges’s interdisciplinary research integrates musicology, literary studies, gender studies, performance studies, and global humanities, working collaboratively with social scientists and performers to develop innovative methodologies. Prof. Loges was elected to the Musicology and Art History Section of Academia Europaea in 2026.