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A-Z of classical composers – gender equal edition

March 16, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments amy beach, Bach, Beethoven, boulanger, chaminade, classical music, Composers, elisabeth lutyens, female composers, feminism, florence price, gender balance, gender bias, gender equality, gender parity, lera auerbach, misogyny, Mozart, sexism, women composers

A few days ago John Suchet at the BBC tweeted about composers whose names begin

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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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What’s the point? A brief look at one of the problems faced to get women composers noticed.

February 10, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 1 Comment amy beach, chandos, chandos records, clara schumann, Classical, classical music, dame ethel smyth, discrimination, diversity, equality, ethel smyth, female composers, feminism, feminist, gender balance, gender bias, gender equality, gender equity, misogyny, music, new album, new releases, patriarchy, prestoclassical, Schumann, sexism, sexist, tasmin little, violin, violin sonata, women composers

Say you’re a world famous violinist. There’s a great violin piece you’ve heard by a

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Venus Unwrapped – the start of a brave new world for women or a quickly forgotten publicity stunt?

January 5, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments anna meredith, aurora orchestra, Classical, classical music, contemporary classical, English Symphony Orchestra, ensemble, female composers, feminism, gender balance, gender bias, gender parity, Kings Place, missy mazzoli, music, orchestra, orchestra of the age of enlightenment, piatti quartet, sexism, stile antico, Venus Unwrapped, women composers

Kings Place is starting the series Venus Unwrapped this Thursday, a year long series celebrating

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17 Great Women Composers You Need to Know.

November 30, 2018October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments alice mary smith, amy beach, Bach, barbara strozzi, Beethoven, Brahms, chen yi, chinese music, Chopin, classical music, Composers, czech music, Debussy, dora pejacevic, emilie mayer, ethel smyth, florence price, gender bias, germaine tailleferre, Handel, Haydn, ina boyle, japanese music, Judith Weir, kapralova, lontano records, maria szymanowska, Marianna Martines, master of the queen's music, Michiru Oshima, Monteverdi, Mozart, music, new york times, nina makarova, odaline de la martinez, patriarchy, Puccini, Schubert, Schumann, Stravinsky, Verdi, wagner, women composers, women in music

Chief t**t, I’m sorry chief classical music critic at the New York Times Anthony Tommasini

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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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