Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023 - Emma Johnson

Emma Johnson MBE is one of the world’s foremost clarinettists. A bestselling recording artist, former BBC Young Musician of the Year, lecturer and composer, Emma’s latest work. ‘The Tree of Life’, is inspired by the global climate emergency.The all-female Orchestra for Environment premiered ‘The Tree of Life’ at Lamberhurst Music Festival in May 2023. Accompanied by birds singing outside the St Mary’s Church venue and performed just as the English countryside bursts into bloom, ‘The Tree of Life’s’ four movements ended poignantly with the recorded call of now-extinct bird. 

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