200 years ago, Anton Diabelli asked 50 composers to each write a variation on a waltz theme he had written – not a single women composer was among them. In 1824, the anthology entitled “50 Variations by the Most Excellent Composers and Virtuosos of Vienna” was published. 200 years later, on 5.11.2023, an extraordinary musical event will take place at the Braunschweig State Theater: The 50th premiere of variations for solo piano on the same waltz theme by Diabelli. What makes this event particularly remarkable is that this time the variations are exclusively by 50 women composers from 22 different countries.
