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“Musas: Uncovering Lost Piano Works by Latin American Women Composers” by Costa Rican pianist, Dr. Gabriela Calderon Cornejo, is an enlightening piano performance with commentary on the album and anthology Musas which strives to uncover and celebrate a collection of powerful at-risk compositions written by Latin American women born before 1950. Dr. Calderón Cornejo is currently premiering Musas on a worldwide tour with the hope of providing these women with a long overdue voice.

Many of the pieces of pre-internet Latin American women composers are slowly disappearing. This is because very few women of this time were able to overcome the regional societal norms and actively compose music. This is not surprising since, historically, women have had to face obstacles and deal with culturally imposed limitations due to their gender. Latin America was not unfamiliar to…