This recording is a testament to Isabel Dobarro’s passionate commitment to the music of contemporary women composers and also to her promotion of their highly individual and richly varied perspectives. The composers heard on this album are ones she admires and they have all made outstanding contributions to the music world. Whether Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize recipients, Guggenheim Award or Latin Grammy Award winners, the music here ranges across continents, cultures and traditions to inspire pianists and audiences alike, creating a new 21st-century lexicon.

Spanish pianist Dr Isabel Dobarro has an active international performing career and has performed and lectured at some of the most renowned venues in the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the European Parliament, the National Auditorium in Madrid and the Palau de la Música Catalana, among many others. Her work as an advocate for female composers has been recognised with several awards, and she has been invited to speak at the Women Now Conference together with Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain and film producer Kathleen Kennedy. In 2016 together with mezzo-soprano Anna Tonna, Isabel Dobarro created the Women in Music Project, an initiative that promotes music composed by women from around the world.