In Brazil, we have female composers with international recognition. Examples: - ESTHER SCLIAR (1926-1978) - nicknamed the "Brazilian Nadia Boulanger"; neo-expressive music - JOCY DE OLIVEIRA (1940)- electronic - MARIA HELENA ROSAS FERNANDES (1933)- avant garde style with amerindians sounds And in all Latin-American the women appear. In 2002, in the 4th Latin American Encounter of Composers and Interpreters (Belo Horizonte/Brazil), I discovered, for example, two jewels: - GRACIELA PARASKEVAIDIS (1940)- avant garde style - HILDA DIANDA (1930)- avant garde style Edson Tadeu Ortolan [log in to unmask]