The music of Caroline Ridderstolpe remained virtually unknown for almost 200 years until Anna Paradiso rediscovered it as part of her research into 19th century Swedish salon music. Born in Berlin, Ridderstolpe received a comprehensive musical education that included singing, instrumental playing and composition. After marrying a member of the Swedish aristocracy, she settled in Sweden, attended the salons of the royal court and socialized with some of the best musicians, writers and painters of her time. Ridderstolpe mainly composed songs and pieces for solo piano, which belong to the genre of salon music and is by no means mediocre, as is sometimes claimed, but actually allows for greater intimacy with the listener. Ridderstolpe's songs are often based on poems by Swedish writers and are a perfect marriage of text and music. According to Anna Paradiso, Caroline Ridderstolpe's music has a kind of sadness and depth that could be described as "modern", reminiscent of songs by Beethoven, Schubert and the Schumanns. In keeping with the soundscape of Ridderstolpe's era, the music is played here by Anna Paradiso on an original square piano, whose peculiarity and charm lies not in the uniformity of all the notes, as one would expect from a modern instrument, but rather in the independent beauty of each individual string. This instrument is combined with the expressive voice of the outstanding mezzo-soprano Kristina Hammarström. By giving Caroline Ridderstolpe's music a voice once again, the performers want to shed new light on the power of women over their own creativity and thus over their own lives.