Last Updated: March 31, 2024
How many women have achieved the compositional milestone of writing a symphony for full orchestra? The answer is, quite a few! What follows is what I believe to be a comprehensive list of all symphonies written by women. If you know of others—or if you find anything here that needs correcting or adding to—please post a comment. So many of these works have been unjustly neglected. The day will come (hopefully soon) when any short list of the greatest composers will include women.
When I originally started this list back in 2017, I had in mind only including works explicitly with titles such as Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 2, and so on. But I’ve since learned that what constitutes a “symphony” defies any rigid definition, particularly when considering 20th- and 21st-century works. So, I’ve capitulated to include anything named “symphony” or “sinfonia” by the composer. Still, if you find any works here that really shouldn’t be included here as symphonies, please post a comment and I will consider removing them.
Looking towards the future, one composer to watch will certainly be Alma Deutscher. Her first of what will hopefully be many symphonies is eagerly anticipated.
I’ve created a forum where you can post and listen to any available performances or recordings of works listed here (and in general) that are not yet (or currently) commercially available. I hope you will consider participating, and please do tell others about it. Composers are welcome to post their own work, too!
Classical Music Little-Known Favorites
Els Aarne (1917-1995)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Rosalina Abejo (1922-1991)
Gregoria Symphony (1950)
Pioneer Symphony (1954)
Thanatopsis Symphony (1956)
The Trilogy of Man Symphony (1971)
Guerilla Symphony (1972)
Dalawang Pusong Dakila [Two Great Hearts] Symphony (1975)
Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Bayan, a choral symphony (1979)
Symphony No. 3, “Hold High the Torch” (1981)
Jubilee Symphony (1984)
Brotherhood Symphony (1986)
Symphony of Psalms (1988)
Symphony of Life (1988)
Symphony of Fortitude and Sudden Spring (1989)
Beatriz Symphony
Marian Symphony
Lejla Agolli (1950-)
Symphony in C♯ minor (1973)
Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755-1810)
Symphony in F major
Eleanor Alberga (1949-)
Symphony No. 1, “Strata” (2022)
Iryna Aleksiychuk (1967-)
Symphony for large symphony orchestra (1995)
Liana Alexandra (1947-2011)
Symphony No. 1, op. 1 (1971)
Symphony No. 2, op. 16, “Hymns” (1978)
Symphony No. 3, op. 24, “Diachronies-Harmonies” (1981)
Symphony No. 4, op. 28, “Contemporary Rhythms” (1984)
Symphony No. 5 (1986)
Symphony No. 6 (1989)
Symphony No. 7 (1996)
Symphony No. 8, “Variations” (2003)
Symphony No. 9, “Jerusalem” (2003)
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947-)
Symphony (1976)
Julia Alonso (1889-1977)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Olga Alyushina (1975-)
Symphony
Maria Charlotte Amalie (1751-1827) [Duchess of Saxe-Gotha]
Symphony [for orchestra of 10 instruments]
Karen Amrhein (1970-)
Symphony of Seasons
Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929)
Symphony No. 1 in C major (1869)
Symphony No. 2 in A minor (1893)
Symphony in one movement, F minor
Organ Symphony No. 1 in B minor (1892)
Organ Symphony No. 2 in E♭ major for organ and brass (~1892)
Minni Kim-Huai Ang (1966-)
Symphony
Dina Appeldoorn (1884-1938)
Symphony No. 1, “May Symphony” (1915, rev. 1916 & 1925)
Symphony No. 2, “Wie in lauter Helligkeit” (1916)
North Sea Symphony (1924)
Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807-1884)
Sinfonia (1834)
Kimberly Archer (1973-)
Symphony No. 1, “For Those Taken Too Soon” (for concert band) (2001)
Symphony No. 2 (for concert band) (2003)
Symphony No. 3 (for concert band) (2008)
Violet Archer (1913-2000)
Symphony (1946)
Sinfonia (1969)
Reiko Arima (1933-)
Symphony No. 1, “Okinawa”
Claude Arrieu [Louise-Marie Simon] (1903-1990)
Symphony in C major (1940)
Francine Aubin (1938-2016)
Symphony No. 1, “Allégorique”
Symphony No. 2, “de l’Espoir”
Symphony No. 3, “Kiev” (1991)
Symphony No. 4, “Juive” (2010) – orchestration of the work of Lionel Stoléru
Lera Auerbach (1973-)
Symphony No. 1, “Chimera” (2006)
Symphony No. 2, “Requiem for a Poet” (2006)
Symphony No. 3, “The Infant Minstrel and His Peculiar Menagerie” (2016)
Symphony No. 4, “Arctica” (2019)
Symphony No. 5, “Paradise Lost” (2022)
Symphony No. 6, “Vessels of Light” (2022)
String Symphony No. 1, “Memoria de la Luz” (2013)
String Symphony No. 2, “Night: Darkness of Light” (2024)
Elizabeth Austin (1938-)
Symphony No. 1, “Wilderness Symphony” (1987)
Symphony No. 2, “Lighthouse” (1993)
Ana-Maria Avram (1961-2017)
Symphony
Pikə Axundova (1984-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Svitlana Azarova (1976-)
Symphony No. 1 (1999)
Symphony No. 2, “Lana Sweet” (2003)
Symphony “Hundred Thirty One Angstrom” (2014)
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Symphony No. 1 (1945)
Symphony No. 2 (1951)
Symphony No. 3 (1952)
Symphony No. 4 (1953)
Symphony (1933, lost)
Symphony (1938, lost)
Symphony for string orchestra (1946)
Maya Badian (1945-)
Holocaust—In Memoriam, Symphony (1987, 1998)
Judith Bailey (1941-)
Symphony No. 1, op. 21 (1981)
Symphony No. 2, op. 24 (1982)
Cliff Walk Symphony, op. 82 (2007)
Teresa Bancer (1935-2018)
Symphony
Mansi Barberis (1899-1986)
Symphony No. 1 (1941)
Laura Wilson Barker (1819-1905)
Symphony (1845)
Elsa Barraine (1910-1999)
Symphony No. 1 (1931)
Symphony No. 2 (1938)
Symphony No. 3 (1947)
Rasa Bartkevičiūtė (1967-)
Symphony No. 1, “In perpetuum” (1993)
Symphony No. 2, “Fantasy” (1995)
Symphony No. 3, “El Dorado” (1997)
Symphony No. 4, “Rhapsody” (2001)
Marion Bauer (1882-1955)
Symphony No. 1, op. 45 (1947-50)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Symphony in E minor, op. 32,”Gaelic” (1894-6)
Sally Beamish (1956-)
Symphony No. 1 (1992)
Symphony No. 2 (1998)
Marguerite Béclard d’Harcourt (1884-1964)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2, “The Seasons” (1951)
Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (1941-2022)
Symphony No. 1 (1966)
Elizabeth Bell (1928-2016)
Symphony No. 1 (1971; 1988)
Ivane Bellocq (1958-)
Symphonie déconcertante (1997)
Marie Barker Nelson Bennett (1926-2018)
Symphony No. 1, “The Medead” (1977)
Symphony No. 2, “Hodeeyaada” (1994)
Symphony No. 3, “Symphony of the Millenium” (2000)
Symphony No. 4, “Universe” (1998)
Louise Bertin (1805-1877)
5 chamber symphonies, unpublished
Diane Bish (1941-)
A Symphony of Hymns (1983)
A Symphony of Psalms, for organ, choir, orchestra and soloist (1989)
Sylvie Bodorová (1954-)
Symphony No 1, “Con le campane” (2011)
Natasha Bogojevich (1966-)
Symphony No. 1 (1991)
Mélanie Bonis (1858-1937)
Burlesque Symphony, op. 185 posth., for percussion, wind instruments, and piano
Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866-1945)
Symphony in F major (1904)
Symphony Wallone in D major (1923)
Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892-1971)
Symphony No. 1 (1942)
Victoria Borisova-Ollas (1969-)
Symphony No. 1, “The Triumph of Heaven” (2001)
Symphony No. 2, “Labyrinths of Time” (2017)
Marianna Bottini (1802-1858)
Symphony for orchestra (1818)
Symphony for wind band (1819)
Ina Boyle (1889-1967)
Symphony No. 1, “Glencree” (1927)
Symphony No. 2, “The Dream of the Rood” (1930)
Symphony No. 3, “From the Darkness” (1951)
Margaret Brandman (1951-)
Firestorm Symphony (2009)
Ilona Breģe (1959-)
Symphony No. 1 (2004)
Symphony No. 2 (2006)
Symphony No. 3 (2010)
Radie Britain (1899-1994)
Southern Symphony (1935)
Cosmic Mist Symphony (1962)
Margaret Brouwer (1940-)
Symphony No. 1, “Lake Voices” (1997)
Tamar-kali Brown (1973?-)
Sea Island Symphony (2023)
Elisabetta Brusa (1954-)
Nittemero Symphony (1988)
Symphony No. 1, op. 10 (1990)
Symphony No. 2, op. 22 (2015)
Symphony No. 3, op. 27 (2022)
Joanna Bruzdowicz (1943-2021)
Symphony No. 1 (1975)
Symphony No. 2 “Concertino for Orchestra” (2007)
Nini Bulterijs (1929-1989)
Symphony (1965)
Diana Burrell (1948-)
Symphonies of Flocks, Herds and Shoals (1996)
Santa Bušs (1981-)
Liminarité, chamber symphony (2014)
Anne Lois Butler (1912-2006)
Symphony of the Hills
Sofía Cancino de Cuevas (1897-1982)
Symphony No. 1 (1935)
Symphony No. 2 in G major
Matilde Capuis (1913-2017)
Symphony in G minor
Ann Carr-Boyd (1938-)
Symphony in three movements (1964)
Wendy Mae Chambers (1953-)
Symphony of the Universe (1989)
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Les Amazones, symphonie dramatique, op. 26 (1884)
Elizabeth Charles (?-?)
Little Symphony (1941)
[student composition, Institute of American Music of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; active 1938-1942]
Chen Yi (1953-)
Symphony No. 1 (1986)
Symphony No. 2 (1993)
Symphony No. 3 (2002)
Symphony No. 4, “Humen 1839” (2009)
Geghuni Chitchyan (1929-)
Chamber Symphony, “In Memoriam Aram Khachaturian” (1988)
Françoise Choveaux (1953-)
Symphony Indigo, op. 2 (1993)
Symphony Blanche, op. 100 (2001)
Tatyana Chudova (1944-2021)
Symphony No. 1 in A♭, “Timur and his Team” (1982)
Symphony No. 2, “How the Steel was Tempered” (1983)
Symphony No. 3, “The Young Guard” (1984)
Symphony No. 4 (1988)
Iulia Cibișescu-Duran (1966-)
Symphony No. 1 (1990)
Symphony No. 2 (2017)
Maia Ciobanu (1952-)
Symphony No. 1, “Journal ’88” (1988)
Symphony No. 2, “…from Enescu” (2006)
Adrienne Clostre (1921-2006)
Symphony for Strings (1949; 1962)
Gloria Coates (1933-2023)
Symphony No. 1, “Music on Open Strings” (1973)
Symphony No. 2, “Illuminatio in Tenebris” (1974; 1989)
Symphony No. 3, “Symphony for Strings/Symphony Nocturne” (1978)
Symphony No. 3 (Version 2), “Holographic Universe”, with violin solo (2006)
Symphony No. 4, “Chiaroscuro” (1984; 1990)
Symphony No. 5, “Drei mystische Gesänge” (1985)
Symphony No. 6, “Music in Microtones” (1987; 1994)
Symphony No. 7 (1990)
Symphony No. 8, “Indian Sounds” (1991)
Symphony No. 9, “Homage to Van Gogh” (1994)
Symphony No. 10, “Drones of Druids on Celtic Ruins” (1994)
Symphony No. 11, “Philomen and Baucis” (1998)
Symphony No. 12 (1998)
Symphony No. 13 (2000)
Symphony No. 14, “The Americans” (2002)
Symphony No. 15, “Homage to Mozart” (2005)
Symphony No. 16, “Time Frozen” (1993)
Symphony No. 17, “Fonte di Rimini” (2017)
Jane Antonia Cornish (1975-)
Symphony No. 1 (2008)
Jean Coulthard (1908-2000)
Symphony No. 1 (1953)
Symphony No. 2, “Choral Symphony, This Land” (1967)
Symphony No. 3, “Lyric” (1975)
Symphony No. 4, “Autumn”, for string orchestra (1984)
Vicki Lynn Curry (1949?-)
Symphony in two movements (1988)
Nancy Dalberg (1881-1949)
Symphony in C♯ minor (1917) [3 movements; later withdrew 1st movement and To orkesterstykker, op. 9 (1918) remained]
Jean Reynolds Davis (1927-2015)
Symphony No. 1, in one movement
Symphony No. 2
Yvonne Desportes (1907-1993)
Symphony No. 1, “Saint-Gindolph” (1958)
Symphony No. 2, “Monorythmie” (1964)
Symphony No. 3, “L’Éternel féminin” (1969)
Arline Diamond (1928-1985)
Symphony
Mary Dickenson-Auner (1880-1965)
Symphony No. 1, “Irish Symphony”, op. 16 (1941)
Symphony No. 2 (1948) [withdrawn]
Symphony No. 3, op. 41 (1953)
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5, “American”, op. 45 (1957)
Symphony for String Orchestra, op. 33 (1950)
Emma Lou Diemer (1927-)
Symphony No. 1 (1953)
Symphony No. 2 (1955, 1959) [on Amerindian themes]
Symphony No. 3, “Antique” (1961)
Johanna Doderer (1969-)
Symphony No. 1 (2007)
Symphony No. 2,”Bohinj” (2015)
Narcisa Donátová (1928-1981)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Sanja Drakulić (1963-)
Symphony 1991
Marjorie Eastwood Dudley (1891-1961)
Symphony in E♭ major, op. 12 (1938)
Lesia Dychko (1939-)
“Greeting for Life”, symphony for soprano, bass and chamber orchestra (1972)
“Wind of Revolution”, symphony (1976)
“You Begin from Your Eyes”, symphony-cantata (1994)
Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974)
Symphony No. 1 in C major, E. 104 (1940)
Symphony No. 2, “Manitoba” (1970)
Ludmilla Efimtsova (1948-)
Symphony No. 1 (1980s)
Maija Einfelde (1939-)
Choral Symphony (2000)
Symphony (2003)
Irina Elcheva (1926-2013)
Symphony, “In memory of those killed in the siege of Leningrad” (1965)
Olga Pozzi Escot (1933-)
Symphony No. 1, for strings (1953) [withdrawn]
Symphony No. 2 (1955) [withdrawn]
Symphony No. 3 (1957) [withdrawn]
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5, “Sands” (1965)
Symphony No. 6
Elisenda Fábregas (1955-)
Symphony No. 1 for Symphonic Band (2013)
Amanda Lee Falkenberg (1976-)
The Moons Symphony (2019)
Eibhlis Farrell (1953-)
Sinfonia (1990)
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 32 (1842)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 35 (1845)
Symphony No. 3 in G minor, op. 36 (1847)
Lorraine Noel Finley (1899-1972)
Symphony in D (1963)
Anfisa Fiodorova (1953-2000)
Symphony
Elena Firsova (1950-)
Sinfonia da camera (1972)
Elena Fiştic (1963-)
Symphony No. 1, “Haiducească” (1986)
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3 (2006)
Tsippi Fleischer (1946-)
Symphony No. 1, “Salt Crystals”, op. 33 (1995)
Symphony No. 2, “The Train”, op. 48 (1999)
Symphony No. 3, “Regarding Beauty”, op. 49 (1999)
Symphony No. 4, “A Passing Shadow”, op. 51 (2000)
Symphony No. 5, “Israeli-Jewish Collage”, op. 54 (2003)
Symphony No. 6, “The Eyes, Mirror of the Soul”, op. 73 (2011)
Symphony No. 7, “Choral Symphony”, op. 77 (2015)
Bohdana Frolyak (1968-)
Symphony No. 1, “Orbis Terrarum” (1998)
Symphony No. 2 (2009)
Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888-1986)
Symphony in C minor, op. 19 (1938)
Linda Frumker (1940-)
Symphony (1964)
Rina Furano (1989-)
Symphony No. 1 in F major (2014)
Symphony No. 2 in C major (2016)
Varvara Adrianovna Gaigerova (1903-1944)
Symphony No. 1 (1928)
Symphony No. 2 on Kalmuk Themes (1934)
Symphony No. 3 (1936)
Nancy Galbraith (1951-)
Wind Symphony No. 1 (1996)
Rachel Galinne (1949-)
Symphony No. 1 (1996)
Symphony No. 2 (1998)
Chamber Symphony (2005)
Stacy Garrop (1969-)
Mythology Symphony (2013)
Miriam Gideon (1906-1996)
Symphonia Brevis (1953)
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
Symphony No. 1 in F minor, op. 22 (1942)
Symphony No. 2 in B major (in one movement), op. 30 (1945)
Symphony No. 3, op. 57 (1965)
Symphony No. 4, op. 61 (1972)
Symphony No. 5, op. 64 (1982)
Julie Giroux (1961-)
Symphony No. 1, “Culloden” (2000)
Symphony No. 2, “A Symphony of Fables” (2006)
Symphony No. 3, “No Finer Calling” (2006)
Symphony No. 4, “Bookmarks from Japan” (2013)
Symphony No. 5, “Elements” (2018)
Symphony No. 6, “The Blue Marble” (2022)
Space Symphony (1986; 1991)
Janice Giteck (1946-)
Potlatch Symphony (2013)
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990)
Sinfonia da Pacifica (1953)
Julia Gomelskaya (1964-2016)
Symphony No. 1, “SymPhobia” (2004)
Symphony No. 2, “Ukraine Forever” (2010)
Symphony No. 3, “Magnet” (2014)
Symphony No. 4, “Ra-Aeternae” (2016)
Ida Gotkovsky (1933-)
Symphony for Strings and Percussion (1957)
Symphony for Eighty Wind Instruments (1960)
Spring Symphony (1973)
Symphony for Organ and Wind Orchestra (1982)
Brillante Symphony for Wind Orchestra (1989)
Golden Symphony (1991) [15 saxophones]
Youth Symphony (1993)
Joyeuse Symphony for Wind Orchestra (2000)
Clémence de Grandval (1828-1907)
Symphony No. 1, “Le Matin”
Symphony No. 2, “Le Soir”
Symphony No. 3, “Amazones”
Callirhoé, ballet-symphony
Edith Greene (?-?) [England]
Symphony (1895)
Marina Gribinčika (1966-)
Symphony (1992)
Annie Grimson [later Wallis] (1870-1949)
Symphony (1887)— lost?
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-)
Symphony (1958)
Stimmen… Verstummen…, a symphony in twelve movements (1986)
Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839-1896)
Symphony No. 1, op. 10 “La cinquantaine villageoise”
Symphony No. 2, op. 40 “Salut au printemps” (1860)
Symphony No. 3, op. 22? “La fantastique”
Symphony No. 4, “Apollonia”
Symphony No. 5, “Bonheur pastoral”
Margareta Hallin (1931-2020)
Sinfonia piccola, for chamber orchestra (2002)
Barbara Harbach (1946-)
Symphony No. 1, “Veneration for Orchestra” (2004)
Symphony No. 2, “One of Ours – A Cather Symphony” (2004)
Symphony No. 3, “A State Divided – a Missouri Symphony” (2012)
Symphony No. 4, “Jubilee Symphony” (2013)
Symphony No. 5, “Gateway Festival Symphony” (2013)
Symphony No. 6, “Night Soundings” (2013)
Symphony No. 7, “O Pioneers!” (2014)
Symphony No. 8, “The Scarlet Letter” (2014)
Symphony No. 9, “Celestial Symphony” (2014)
Symphony No. 10, “Symphony for Ferguson” (2015)
Symphony No. 11, “Retourner” (2017)
Rahilia Hasanova (1951-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Irina Hasnaș (1954-)
Symphony No. 1
Hanna Havrylets (1958-2022)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2, “In memoriam”, chamber symphony
Bernice Hensler (?-?)
Symphony in three movements (1945)
[student composition, Institute of American Music of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; active 1940-1946]
Mirrie Hill (1889-1986)
Symphony in A, “Arnhem Land” (1954)
Dulcie Holland (1913-2000)
Symphony for pleasure (1971)
Elizabeth Holloway (?-?)
Symphony No. 1 (1954)
[listed in The American Symphony by Neil Butterworth]
Betzy Holmberg (1860-1900)
Symphony No. 1 (1884)
Augusta Holmès (1847-1903)
Symphony No. 1, “Orlando furioso”
Symphony No. 2, “Lutèce”
Symphony No. 3, “Les Argonautes”
Adelaide Hooker [Marquand] (1903-1963)
Symphony in E (1930)
Katherine Hoover (1937-2018)
Sinfonia, op. 10 (1976)
Aline Hundt (1849-1872)
Symphony in G minor
Aida Isakova (1940-2012)
Symphony with Timpani for String Orchestra
Šušano Ishakbajeva (1957-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923-2010)
Little Symphony
Festive Symphony
Symphony “Forms and Motion”
Short Symphony
Wang Jie (1980-)
Symphony No. 1 (2008)
Symphony No. 2 (2014)
Marta Jiráčková (1932-)
Symphony No. 1, “Nanda Devi”
Symphony No. 2, “Silbo”
Betsy Jolas (1926-)
Symphony for small orchestra
Milijana Jović (1950-)
Symphony for String Orchestra
Dalia Kairaitytė (1953-)
Symphony
Kikuko Kanai (1911-1986)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940)
Symphony in B minor, op. 4 (1905)
Elena Kats-Chernin (1957-)
Garden Symphony (2002)
River Symphony (2003)
Symphonia Eluvium (2011)
Minna Keal (1909-1999)
Symphony, op. 3 (1987)
Frida Kern (1891-1988)
Symphony No. 1, op. 46 (1943)
Merzie Khalitova (1956-)
Symphony No. 1, “Revival”
Symphony No. 2, for chamber orchestra
Symphony No. 3, “Dedication”
Symphony No. 4, for flute and string orchestra
Symphony No. 5, “Ametkhan”
Symphony No. 6, “Yashlyk sedasy”
Rusudan Khorava (1954)–
Chamber Symphony for string orchestra
Romantic Symphony for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Makiko Kinoshita (1956-)
Sinfonia for brass
Antoinette Kirkwood (1930-2014)
Symphony No. 1, op. 8 (1953)
Zhivka Klinkova (1924-2002)
Symphony No. 1 (1963)
Symphony No. 2 (1974)
Football Symphony (1996)
Symphony “Hymn of Unified Europe” (1999)
Symphony in 7/8 Beat (2000)
Antonie Knoblochova (1905-?)
Symphony
Liudmila Knyazeva (1947-)
Symphony No. 1, “The Ascent”
Eloise Koelling (1908-1999)
Symphony in D minor (1956)
Luna Koen-Puđa (1919-2003)
Symphony (1966)
Celina Kohan de Scher (1931-2015)
Symphony No. 1 (1955)
Symphony No. 2 (1983)
Jitka Koželuhová (1966-)
Symphony (2008)
Ekaterina Kozhevnikova (1954-)
Symphony No. 1 (1977)
Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonia da Requiem” (1979)
Symphony No. 3 (2003; 2018)
Symphony No. 4, “Eros”
Agneta Krilova (1980-)
Symphony No. 1, “Polar Symphony”
Symphony No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra, “To the New World”
Grażyna Krzanowska (1952-)
Symphony with a Beat on the Timpani
A Little Choral Symphony
Mayako Kubo (1947-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2, “Reopening”
Hanna Kulenty (1961-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2 for orchestra and mixed choir
Symphony No. 3
Renata Kunkel (1954-)
Symphony
Ann Kuppens (1964-)
Sinfonia Bellicosa
Iryna Kyrylina (1953-2017)
Chamber Symphony, “Collapse”
Symphony
Eleni Lambiri (1889-1960)
Symphony in B minor
Libby Larsen (1950-)
Symphony No. 1, “Water Music”
Symphony No. 2, “Coming Forth Into Day”
Symphony No. 3, “Lyric”
Symphony No. 4, “String Symphony”
Symphony No.5, “Solo Symphony”
Symphony No. 6, “Forward”
Short Symphony, for Concert Band
Beatrice Laufer (1923-1996)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850-1927)
Symphony in F major, op. 41 (~1894)
Mary Weldon Leahy (1926-?)
Symphony in one movement
Symphony for strings
Linda Leimane (1989-)
Chamber Symphony, “Guesstimations”
Helvi Leiviskä (1902-1982)
Symphony [unnumbered] (1923)
Symphony No. 1 in B♭ major, op. 23 (1947)
Symphony No. 2 in D minor, op. 27 (1954)
Symphony No. 3, op. 31 (1964/1971)
Sinfonia brevis, op. 30 (1962/1972)
Sabra Lindgren (1947-)
Symphony No. 1 in D major (1998)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor (2008)
Symphony No. 3, “The Big Sky Symphony” (2009)
Symphony No. 4, for strings, percussion, and keyboard (2012)
Symphony No. 5 in F (2013)
Symphony No. 6 (2015)
Symphony No. 7 (2016)
Symphony No. 8, “A Western Symphony” (2016)
Symphony No. 9 (2016)
Symphony No. 10 (2018)
Symphony No. 11 (2019)
Symphony No. 12 (2019)
Symphony No. 13 (2020)
Symphony No. 14 (2020)
Symphony No. 15 (2022)
String Symphony No. 1 in A minor (2010)
String Symphony No. 2 (2015)
String Symphony No. 3 (2016)
String Symphony No. 4 (2019)
String Symphony No. 5 (2022)
Ivana Loudová (1941-2017)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2 for alto solo, choir and large orchestra
Sinfonia Numerica for Chamber Orchestra
Phyllis Luckman (1927-)
Symphony for Massed Cellos
Enid Luff (1935-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)
Symphonies, for solo piano, wind, harps and percussion
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
Symphony No. 1 [withdrawn]
Symphony No. 2 [withdrawn]
Symphony for Double String Orchestra (1953)
Little Symphony
Ester Mägi (1922-2021)
Symphony (1968)
Nina Makarova (1908-1976)
Symphony in D minor
Ursula Mamlok (1923-2016)
Symphony No. 1 in E♭ (1956) [withdrawn]
Irina Manoukian (1948-2004)
Symphony No. 1 for string and percussion instruments
Symphony No. 2, “Ecce Homo”
Symphony No. 3, “Thirty-two variations on descending bass”
Myriam Marbe (1931-1997)
Symphony No. 1, “Ur Ariadne” for mezzo-soprano, saxophone, and orchestra
Sym-phonia for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble
Adabelle Gross Marcus (1929-1997)
Symphony to the Spheres
Tera de Marez Oyens (1932-1996)
Sinfonía testimonial: for choir, orchestra and tape
Squaw sachem symphony
Stephanie Martin (1962-)
Babel: a choral symphony
Maryna Marozava (1958-)
Symphony No. 1, “Black Tale”
Symphony No. 2, “At the Fair”
Symphony No. 3
Marianna Martines (1744-1812) [aka Marianne Martinez]
Symphony in C major
Paule Maurice (1910-1967)
Symphony
Emilie Mayer (1812-1883)
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1847)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor (1847)
Symphony No. 3 in C major, “Military” (1850)
Symphony No. 4 in B minor (1851)
Symphony No. 5 in F minor (1852)
Symphony No. 6 in E major (1853)
Symphony No. 7 in F minor (1856)
Symphony No. 8 in F major (1857)
Missy Mazzoli (1980-)
Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) (2014; 2016)
Jenny McLeod (1941-)
Little Symphony
Cindy McTee (1953-)
Symphony No. 1: Ballet for Orchestra
Margaret Shelton Meier (1936-)
Claremont Symphony
Margarita Leonor Dietel Merriman (1927-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Jelena Milenković-Živković (1944-)
Symphony
Zarrina Mirshakar (1947-)
Symphony No. 1 for strings
Darleen Cowles Mitchell (1942-)
Chamber Symphony [1965]
Ida Moberg (1859-1947)
Symphony in D minor (1905) [lost?]
Akiana Molina (1963-)
Sinfonía Herediana
Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940-)
Symphony No. 1
Valarie Morris (1949-)
Symphony of light and shadows
Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878-1941)
Symphony in D minor, with soloists and chorus
Florentine Mulsant (1962-)
Symphony No. 1, for strings
Symphony No. 2, “Exile”
Gráinne Mulvey (1966-)
Symphony No. 1
Thea Musgrave (1928-)
Sinfonia
Onutė Narbutaitė (1956-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3, “Tres Dei Matris Symphoniae”, for chorus and orchestra
Symphony No. 4, “riverbank – river – symphony”
Sinfonia col triangolo, for chamber orchestra
Polina Nazaykinskaya (1987-)
Symphony No. 1, “April Song”
Dika Newlin (1923-2006)
Symphony for chorus and orchestra
Chamber Symphony for 12 instruments
Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924-1993)
Symphony
Katharine Norman (1960-)
Symphony
Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911-1996)
Symphony in D major
Eurydice Osterman (1950-)
Symphony No. 1, “Heritage Symphony”
Vivian Blythe Owen (1898-2000)
Symphony, op. 13 (1947)
Catharina Palmér (1963-)
Symphony No. 1, “Nuances” for mixed choir and orchestra
Natalia Raigorodsky Parris (1929-2018)
Symphony No. 1
Annelies van Parys (1975-)
Symphony No. 1, “Carillon” (2006)
Symphony No. 2, “Les Ponts” (2008)
Alla Pavlova (1952-)
Symphony No. 1 “Farewell, Russia” for chamber orchestra (1994)
Symphony No. 2 “For the New Millennium” (1998)
Symphony No. 3 (2000)
Symphony No. 4 (2002)
Symphony No. 5 (2006)
Symphony No. 6 (2008)
Symphony No. 7 (2011)
Symphony No. 8 (2011)
Symphony No. 9, “Violin Concerto” (2016)
Symphony No. 10, “Path to Golden Gate” (2017)
Symphony No. 11 (2021)
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923)
Symphony in F♯ minor
Barbara Pentland (1912-2000)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3, “Symphony for Ten Parts”
Symphony No. 4
Julia Perry (1924-1979)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5, “Integration”
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 7, “U.S.A.”
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9
Symphony No. 10, “Soul”
Symphony No. 11
Symphony No. 12, “Simple Symphony”
Symphony No. 13
Märta Peterson-Serafinowitsch (1912-)
Symphony No. 1
Carmen Petra-Basacopol (1926-)
Symphony
Elena Petrová (1929-2002)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Alexandra Pierce (1934-2021)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2, “Dances on the Face of the Deep”
Zhanna Pliyeva (1948-2023)
Symphony No. 1 (1976)
Symphony No. 2 (1976)
Symphony No. 3 (1978)
Symphony No. 4 (1991)
Symphony No. 5 (1994)
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 7
Victoria Polevá (1962-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2, “Offertory to Anton Bruckner”
Symphony No. 3, “White interment”
Claire Polin (1926-1995)
Symphony No. 1 in two movements
Symphony No. 2
Oliveria Prescott (1842-1919)
Symphony No.1 in B♭ “Alkestis” (1876)
Symphony No.2 in D minor
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Dorothy Priesing (1910-1999)
Symphony (in one movement)
María Teresa Prieto (1896-1982)
Symphony No. 1, “Asturiana” (1942)
Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía breve” (1945)
Symphony No. 3, “Sinfonía de la danza prima” (1951)
Tatiana Probst (1987-)
Symphony No. 1, “Exorde”
Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (1947-)
Ocean Symphony
Marta Ptaszyńska (1943-)
Sinfonia Wratislavia
Ivy Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986)
Sinfonia da camera, for strings
Shulamit Ran (1949-)
Symphony
Santa Ratniece (1977-)
Chamber symphony, “Shant Nadi”
Weronika Ratusińska-Zamuszko (1977-)
Symphony (2008)
Elizabeth Raum (1945-)
Symphony of Youth
Sally Johnston Reid (1948-2019)
Wasatch Symphony, for wind band
Daiva Rokaitė-Dženkaitienė (1972-2010)
Little Symphony
Sky Stone Symphony
Doina Rotaru (1951-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3, “Spirit of Elements”
Dilorom Saidaminova (1943-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Alessandra Salvati (1968-)
Sinfonia
Rhian Samuel (1944-)
Elegy-Symphony
Virginia Samuel (1957-)
Symphony (1988)
Amada Santos-Ocampo (1925-2009)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Elena Šataitė (1992-)
Eremos (Little Symphony)
Eglė Sausanavičiūtė (1963-)
Symphony
Somnium Simfonie
Space Symphony
Heather Schmidt (1974-)
Symphony No. 1, “Manufactured Landscapes”
Sara Opal Search (1890-1961)
Symphony No. 1 in C minor for strings (1940)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1941)
Susie Self (1957-)
Symphony No. 1, “Hokusai Says”
Symphony No. 2, “Memories, Dreams, Reflections”
Symphony No. 3, “The Pacific”
Symphony No. 4, “The Island”
Johanna Senfter (1879-1961)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9
Raminta Šerkšnytė (1975-)
Iceberg Symphony
Shakhida Shaimardanova (1938-)
Symphony in C major in One Movement
Masguda Shamsutdinova (1955-)
Symphony No. 1, “Tartar Steppe (Dastan)”
Symphony No. 2, “Ibn-Fadlan”
Symphony No. 3, “Genghis-Khan”
Elisabed Shaverzashvili (1940-2018)
Symphony in three movements
Choral Symphony
Verdina Shlonsky (1905-1990)
Symphony
Taisiya Shutenko (1905-1975)
Carmelite Symphony
Tamara Sidorenko-Malyukova (1919-2005)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Lena Sierova (1983-)
Symphony Chton
Arlene Sierra (1970-)
Nature Symphony (2017)
Bird Symphony (2021)
Elżbieta Sikora (1943-)
Symphony No. 1, “Shadows”
Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) [aka Alice Mary Meadows White]
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1863)
Symphony No. 2 in A minor (1876)
Symphony No. 3 in G major [existence is disputed]
Julia Frances Smith (1905-1989)
Folkways Symphony (1947-48)
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)
Symphony, “The Prison”
Charlotte Sohy (1887-1955)
Symphony in C♯ minor, “Great War” (1917)
Ann Southam (1937-2010)
Chamber Symphony
Mihaela Stănculescu-Vosganian (1961-)
Symphony No. 1, for Three Groups of Instruments and String Orchestra
Symphony No. 2, for Organ, Percussion and String Orchestra, “Parallel Times”
Sax Symphony-Concerto
Helen Camille Stanley (1930-)
Symphony No. 1 (1954)
Carolyn Steinberg (1956-)
Chamber Symphony (1990)
Rita Strohl (1865-1941)
[born Aimée Marie Marguerite Mercédès Larousse La Villette]
Symphonie de la forêt (1901)
Symphonie de la mer (1902)
Dana Suesse (1909-1987)
Antique Symphony (1946)
Margaret Sutherland (1897-1984)
Symphony in F♯
Natela Svanidze (1926-2017)
Symphony for piano, string and percussion instruments
Symphony-Ballet
Symphony No. 2
Åsa Svensson (1970?-)
Symphony No. 1 (1993)
Edith Swepstone (1862-1942)
Symphony in G minor
Lubava Sydorenko (1979-)
“Ab initio”, symphony for large orchestra and solo violin
Diana Syrse (1984-)
Symphony No. 1, “Nach der Tragödie”
Andrea Tarrodi (1981-)
Symphony in Fire, Water, Earth & Air (2021)
Cornelia Tăutu (1938-2019)
Symphony No. 1, “1907”
Helen Taylor (1915-1950)
Symphony
Zlata Tcaci (1928-2006)
Symphony “Panopticum”, for strings, xylophone, and timpani
Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea (1959-)
Archimedes Symphony
Alicia Terzian (1934-)
Symphony No. 1
Shirley J. Thompson (1958-)
New Nation Rising, A 21st Century Symphony
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-)
AIŌN, symphony (2018)
Alena Tomlenova (1963-)
Symphony No. 1, poems by A. S. Pushkin
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
Julia Tsenova (1948-2010)
Symphony for piano and orchestra (1972)
Karmella Tsepkolenko (1955-)
Symphony No. 1 “Symphonic Poem”
Symphony No. 2 “Symphonic Diptych”
Symphony No. 3 “Memorial Symphony”
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Anitra Tumševica (1971-)
Chamber symphony No. 1, “Die Stimme” (The Voice)
Chamber Symphony No. 2, “Signs”
Stefania Turkewich (1898-1977)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Space Symphony
Agnes Tyrrell (1846-1883)
Symphony in C major
Julia Usher (1945-)
Camulodunum Sinfonia
Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2, “True and Eternal Bliss!”
Symphony No. 3, “Jesus Messiah, Save Us!”
Symphony No. 4, “Prayer”
Symphony No. 5, “Amen”
Nomeda Valančiūtė (1961-)
Little Symphony
Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (1927-2014)
Symphony No.1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4 (1985-87)
Lucie Vellère (1896-1966)
Petite Symphony, for string orchestra
Mari Vihmand (1967-)
Symphony
Anastasia Vinogradova (1994-)
Symphony No. 1, “In Memoriam”
Symphony No. 2, “Metamorphosis”
Symphony No. 3, “Light Symphony”
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5, “Collage”
Sláva Vorlová (1894-1973)
Symphony
Errollyn Wallen (1958-)
Spirit Symphony – Speed-Dating for Two Orchestras
Spirit Symphony [version for one orchestra]
Carbon 12: A Choral Symphony
Harriet Ware (1877-1962)
New York Symphony (1910)
Elinor Remick Warren (1900-1991)
Symphony in One Movement (1970)
The Legend of King Arthur, A Choral Symphony, for baritone, tenor, choir and orchestra
Meira Warshauer (1949-)
Symphony No. 1, “Living, Breathing Earth”
Norma Wendelburg (1918-2016)
Symphony No. 1 (1967)
Ruth White (1925-2013)
Shofar Symphony (1965)
Gillian Whitehead (1942-)
Sinfonia
Margaret Lucy Wilkins (1939-)
Symphony
Grace Williams (1906-1977)
Sinfonia concertante
Symphony No. 1, “Symphonic Impressions”
Symphony No. 2
Regina Hansen Willman (1914-1965)
Anchorage Symphony
Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916-1989)
Symphony No. 1, op. 6, “Archaic” (1943)
Symphony No. 2, op. 11 (1948)
Alla Zahaikevych (1966-)
Symphony on the poetry of Vladimir Mayakovsky, for baritone and orchestra
Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (1948-)
Construction Symphony, for youth orchestra
Sefirot Symphony, for woodwind, brass, percussion and harp
Judith Lang Zaimont (1945-)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2, “Remember Me”
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4 “Pure, Cool (Water)”
Isadora Žebeljan (1967-2020)
Symphony in Three Movements, “Escenas Picaras”
Ruth Zechlin (1926-2007)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Chamber Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 3
Chamber Symphony No. 2
Gaziza Zhubanova (1927-1993)
Symphony No. 1, “Energy”
Symphony No. 2, “Island of Women”
Symphony No. 3, “Sarozek Metaphors”
Lidia Zielińska (1953-)
Little Atrophic Symphony
Sinfonia Concertante for Small Sound Devices, Small Percussion, and Large Orchestra
Diana Ziu (?-)
Symphony No. 1, “Apotheosis of the New Century”
Mirjana Živković (1935-2020)
Sinfonia polifonica
Agata Zubel (1978-)
Symphony No. 1 (2002)
Symphony No. 2, for 77 performers (2005)
Symphony No. 3, for a double-bell trumpet and orchestra (2010)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939-)
Chamber Symphony (1979)
Symphony No. 1, “Three Movements for Orchestra” (1982)
Symphony No. 2, “Cello Symphony” (1985)
Symphony No. 3 (1992)
Symphony No. 4, “The Gardens” (1999)
Symphony No. 5, “Concerto for Orchestra” (2008)