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Why do I have to like Mozart? The harmful objectivity culture in classical music
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Classic FM Hall of Fame 2019 – Where are all the women?

April 23, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 2 Comments classic fm hall of fame, classic fm hall of fame 2019, classical music, debbie wiseman, elizabeth maconchy, female composers, feminism, florence price, galina ustvolskaya, misogyny, music by women, sexism, women composers, women in classical music, women in music

The Classic FM Hall of Fame is the biggest poll of classical music tastes in

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The Daffodil Perspective 19th March 2019

March 19, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments bartok, breaking ground celebration of women composers, britten, classical music, contemporary classical, dame elizabeth maconchy, einaudi, elizabeth maconchy, female composers, maconchy, margaret brandman, music, music radio, natalie mannix, navona, parma recordings, patrick doyle, podcast, rachel portman, radio, tippett, women composers

Composer of the Week – Dame Elizabeth Maconchy This week exploring the music of 20th

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Gender equality is for life, not just International Women’s Day

March 8, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments abc classic fm, amanda maier], balance for better, bbc, cadogan hall, Classical, classical music, classical music industry, dame elizabeth maconchy, diversity, elizabeth maconchy, exclusion, female composers, feminism, gender balance, gender bias, gender equality, gender inequality, gender parity, inequality, international women's day, international women's day 2019, iwd, iwd 2019, louise farrenc, music, prejudice, proms, sexism, Suffrage, woman composer, women composers

International Women’s Day is upon us again and like every year there are tons of

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What is ‘greatness’ in classical music?

February 23, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 6 Comments amy beach, barbara strozzi, boulanger, chicago symphony orchestra, classical music, dame elizabeth maconchy, elisabeth lutyens, elizabeth maconchy, emilie mayer, ethel smyth, female composers, feminism, feminist, florence price, gender balance, gender bias, gender equality, great composers, kapralova, louise farrenc, lutyens, Marianna Martines, misogny, music, nadia boulanger, prejudice, racism, sexism, Suffrage, symphony, women composers

Everyone’s got this image of all the ‘great’ composers. They’re all dead white men. British

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News for my 100 day anniversary!!!

February 14, 2019October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments classical music, contemporary corner, dame elizabeth maconchy, elizabeth maconchy, female composers, feminism, florence price, herstories, hildegard von bingen, illuminate women's music, lucy hollingworth, misogny, music, News, odaline de la martinez, parma records, patriachy, playlist, samantha ege, sexism, spotify, women composers, women in music, womens philharmonic

Today is 100 days since the 1st broadcast of The Daffodil Perspective, and to celebrate

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Guest Blog for Illuminate Women’s Music

February 11, 2019October 28, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments daffodil perspective, dame elizabeth maconchy, dame maconchy, Elizabeth de Brito, elizabeth maconchy, illuminate women's music, maconchy, the daffodil perspective, women composers

The Daffodil Perspective producer Elizabeth de Brito contributed a guest blog on Dame Elizabeth Maconchy

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The Daffodil Perspective 29th January 2019

January 30, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments blossom st choir, cecilia mcdowall, choral music, Classical, classical music, concerto, contemporary, contemporary classical, dana suesse, elizabeth maconchy, feminism, gershwin, Jazz, julie giroux, Kenneth Hesketh, naxos, rebecca rowe, shostakovich, stef connor, Suffrage, this day, Wind Band, wind band music

This week we’re exploring the intersection between classical and jazz with mid 20th century composer

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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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