On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2026, and as an official side event to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW 70), the UN Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with United Voices for Peace, presents our “Global Women in Music” initiative featuring works by female composers from around the world, to advance gender equality.

Global Women in Music 2026

Friday, 13 March 2026 at 7:30pm

Symphony Space
Broadway at 95th Street

In our fourth instalment of this initiative, the orchestra, led by the renown Serbian conductor Vesna Šouc, will present works by eight women from five continents:

Ethel Smyth (UK)
Ana Krstajić (Serbia)
Morena Galán (Argentina)
Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa (Zimbabwe)
Aida Saco Beiroa (Spain)
Ghiya Rushidat (Jordan)
Nikoufar Nourbakhsh (Iran)
Valerie Naranjo (USA - Navajo)

Tickets are available at the Symphony Space box office and online.