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Emily E. Hogstad

IMG_0159 reduceEmily E. Hogstad is the author of the blog Song of the Lark. She has appeared on or in MinnPost, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota Public Radio, National Public Radio, WQXR, Performance Today, and The New York Times to offer thoughts on topics as diverse as the Minnesota Orchestra’s historic 2015 trip to Cuba, what it means to be a music nerd, and social media activism in the orchestra world. Her great passion is researching the history of women in music, especially the great forgotten female violinists of the past. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a violin, a viola, a laptop named after Lili Boulanger, and two rescue cats, Gwendolyn and Genevieve.

Contributed Posts
Apr 12, 2025 Ten of the Happiest Marriages in Classical Music History II
Apr 9, 2025 Vladimir Horowitz’s Legendary 1965 Carnegie Hall Comeback Concert
Apr 5, 2025 Ten of the Happiest Marriages in Classical Music History I
Apr 2, 2025 20 Facts About Classical Music
Mar 30, 2025 Ida Rubinstein: Dancer, Patroness, and Inspiration for Boléro
Mar 27, 2025 Did Clara Schumann Make Frederic Chopin Famous?
Mar 22, 2025 Seven of the Saddest Works by Debussy
Mar 19, 2025 The Most Epic Symphony Endings
Mar 17, 2025 10 Pieces of Classical Music About Dreams
Mar 15, 2025 Which Composer Had the Worst Childhood?