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The Daffodil Perspective 20th November 2020

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, daffodil perspective, decolonising classical music, diverse classical music repertoire, diversity and inclusion classical music, diversity classical music, gender equality classical music, inclusivity classical music, music by women, music decolonisation, music decolonization, racially equitable, racism classical music

A brand new season on The Daffodil Perspective starting today. Exploring the Garcia/Malibran/Viardot family, a

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2nd Birthday Online Q & A Event with producer Elizabeth de Brito

October 10, 2020October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments birthday, classical music, daffodil perspective

The 1st ever gender balanced and racially equitable classical radio show is celebrating its 2nd

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The Daffodil Perspective 9th October 2020

October 9, 2020October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, gender balance classical music, gender equality, gender equality classical music, gender equity classical music, racially equitable, the daffodil perspective

The Daffodil Perspective is back with an extra special 2 hour long show, coinciding with

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The Daffodil Perspective 28th August 2020

August 28, 2020October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments catherine the great music, classical music, daffodil perspective, ekaterina sinyavina, Michiru Oshima, music, russian music

Latest gender balanced, inclusive, racially equitable show available to listen now for 14 days. This

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Interview with activist and musician Nate Holder

August 21, 2020October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments black classical composers, black classical musicians, classical music, daffodil perspective, florence price, lord kitchener, music decolonisation, music decolonization, nate holder, white invalidation

Watch this fascinating conversation with activist musician and educator Nate Holder. We discuss music decolonisation,

Pledges Made, Promises Kept Part 2: Patreon

August 15, 2020September 13, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, daffodil perspective, inclusivity, music decolonisation, pledges made promises kept, racism, sexism, white supremacy

A thorough audit is underway to ensure The Daffodil Perspective remains anti-racist, committed to championing

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The Daffodil Perspective 14th August 2020

August 15, 2020October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, daffodil perspective, decrentring whiteness classical music, diversity classical music, inclusivity classical music, Mixcloud, music, racially equitable

Latest gender balanced, inclusive, racially equitable show available to listen now for 14 days. This

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The Daffodil Perspective 31st July 2020

August 15, 2020October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, daffodil perspective, gender balance, gender balanced radio show, gender equality, herstory rewritten, jessie montgomery, liu zhuang

Latest show available to listen now for 14 days. Today exploring the music of 20th

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The Daffodil Perspective 10th April 2020

April 10, 2020October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments amplifying allies, Beethoven, classical music, contemporary female classical composers, daffodil perspective, female classical composers, female composers, gabriela lena frank, gender balance in classical music, gender equality classical music, Haydn, Marianna Martines, ming hsui yen, Mozart, vienna 10, vienna ten

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Is 2020 really just the year of Beethoven? 10 other important birthdays we should celebrate this year!

March 21, 2020October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 2 Comments alice mary smith, beethoven 250, black classical composers, classical music, composer birthdays 2020, dorothy rudd moore, elena firsova, female classical composers, henriette bosmans, isabella leonarda, isabella leonarda 400, jacqueline fontyn, libby larsen, maria szymanowska, w g still, william grant still

Last year the classical music world was going nuts over Beethoven’s 250th birthday and this

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The Inaccessibility of Classical Music Part 2: Interview with classical novices

March 5, 2020October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 4 Comments classical music, classical music inaccessible, classical music marketing, daffodil perspective

The inaccessibility of classical music is quite a heated topic these days, however much of

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The Daffodil Perspective 28th February 2020

February 28, 2020October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, contemporary classical, daffodil perspective, female classical composers, female composers 2020, gender equality classical music, missy mazzoli, music, yuja wang

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The classical music industry’s dangerous obsession with its past and why it’s killing classical music

February 26, 2020October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 5 Comments classical music, classical music dead, contemporary classical, contemporary classical music

Classical music is dying. No really, it is. The classical music industry has stagnated; 70

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Why can’t we be friends? Thoughts on the battle between classical music and pop

February 21, 2020October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, classical music pop, daffodil perspective, pop, pop music

Yet another derogatory meme is going round the internet comparing pop and classical music. What’s

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The Daffodil Perspective 14th February 2020 – 50th Episode!

February 14, 2020October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 1 Comment 20th century female composers, 20th century women composers, african american female composers, african american women composers, black female composers, black women composers, classical music, contemporary female classical, daffodil perspective, dances in the canebrakes, female composers, florence price, gender balance classical music, gender balanced radio show, gender equality classical music, lara downes, nathaniel dett, william levi dawson, women classical music, women composers, zenobia powell perry

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The real reasons classical music is inaccessible and 10 easy ways to solve them immediately

January 16, 2020October 31, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 1 Comment black composers, classical music, classical music inaccessibility, classical music inaccessible, female composers, women composers

“I’d like to get into it but I don’t know anything about classical music” Every

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The Daffodil Perspective’s Classical Recordings of the Year 2019

December 14, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 1 Comment 10 best black composers 2019, 10 best female composers 2019, album of the year, albums of the year, alice farnham, as one transgender opera, ballad of the brown king, best black composers 2019, best female composers 2019, black classical musicians, black classical musicians 2019, black composer album 2019, black composer series, black composers, black composers 2019, black musicians 2019, black swans, chen yi, classical music, classical recordings of the year, classical recordings of the year 2019, coming up for air, donut robot, erika fox, erika fox kate romano, erika fox paths, female composer album 2019, female composers, female composers 2019, feminist, gender balance, gender balance classical music, gender equality, gender equality classical music, historical black composers, historical female composers, kathryn williams, langston hughes ballad of the brown king, laura kaminsky as one, le dernier sorcier, leslie gerber, lost women of music, margaret bonds, pan pacific ensemble, pan pacific ensemble feng, parnassus records, pauline viardot, post haste reed duo, recording of the year, recordings of the year, recordings of the year 2019, suffrage sinfonia, women composers 2019

Recordings of the Year aren’t just about being good or amazing. Everything I play on

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The Daffodil Perspective 6th December 2019

December 6, 2019October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments anna amalia, clarinet female composer, classical bias, classical music, classical music inequality, daffodil perspective, duchess anna amalia, female composers, female composers 2019, gender balance, gender equality, gender equality classical music, iceland symphony orchestra, jocelyn freeman, maria sigfusdottir, music, new classical album, new classical releases, rhian samuel, seckendorff, ty cerdd, women classical composers, women composers

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The Daffodil Perspective Needs Your Help

December 4, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, daffodil perspective, diversity classical music, female composer, female composers 2019, gender balance, gender balance classical music, gender balanced radio show, marginalised music, women composers

The 1st gender balanced show needs your help to continue. The Daffodil Perspective is the 1st

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The Daffodil Perspective 22nd November 2019

November 22, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments alla pavlova, cecile chaminade, chaminade, clara 200, clara schumann, classical music, coming up for air, dame ethel, dame ethel smyth, ethel smyth, female composers women composer, fete galante, gender balance classical music, gender equality, gender equality classical music, gender equality in classical music, kathryn williams, nina whiteman, odaline de la martinez, sharon su, sharon su clara

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The Daffodil Perspective is a revolutionary new radio show based in London, UK, rewriting classical music history with a more accurate and gender balanced account.

The Daffodil Perspective is showing how women fit into our current version of classical music history and exploring the stories of these women, their music and monumental achievements. Each episode features at least 50% of pieces and airtime by women composers.

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