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Why do I have to like Mozart? The harmful objectivity culture in classical music
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2nd Birthday Online Q & A Event with producer Elizabeth de Brito
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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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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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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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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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The Daffodil Perspective 12th February 2019

February 13, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments amy beach, cambridge female composers festival, chandos, clara schumann, classical music, contemporary classical, contemporary corner, court composer, dame ethel smyth, ethel smyth, female composers, feminism, feminist, francesca caccini, frescobaldi, gender balance, gender equality, gender equity, harlem renaissance, jacopo peri, joanna ward, kurt weill, langston hughes, marco da gagliano, medici, medici court, music of the medici court, opera, sexism, tasmin little, women composers

This show we’re going back to the Baroque with Francesca Caccini, in 1625 she became

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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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The Daffodil Perspective 15th January 2018

January 16, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments anna bon, bayreuth, bernard joachim hagen, chamber music, classical music, contemporary classical, durward ensemble, esterhazy, female composers, feminism, florence price, gender balance, gender equality, gender parity, Haydn, johann stamitz, laura schwartz, lisa neher, patriarchy, sexism, women composers

This week exploring the work of early classical composer Anna Bon and her life in

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The Daffodil Perspective 7th January 2018

January 9, 2019October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 0 Comments 2018, classical music, feminism, gender balance, gender equality, gender parity, music, new album, new releases, patriarchy, sexism, women composers

My completely gender balanced round up of classical music releases from 2018 is here! Featuring

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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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10 of the best new releases in 2018 of women composers.

December 30, 2018October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 2 Comments 2018, arlene sierra, bbc, bbc national orchestra of wales, best new album, chamber music, chaminade, chandos, cheryl frances hoad, classical music, concerto, contemporary classical, contemporary music, drama musica, elena ruehr, emilie mayer, farrenc, feminism, florence price, Gabriella Di Laccio, Hilary Tann, jessica krash, Judith Weir, kapralova, louise farrenc, margaret bonds, mark viner, music, naxoas, new album, nicola benedetti, piano, piano music, ruth gipps, samantha ege, sexism, symphony, trumpet, Venus Blazing

As usual at this time of year there’s a lot of reflection going on about

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Should women start boycotting classical music concerts?

November 9, 2018October 29, 2020 Elizabeth de Brito 2 Comments BBC Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, classical composers, classical music, Donne, female composers, Gabriella Di Laccio, gender equality, London Philharmonic, LPO, LSO, modern classical, music, sexism, The Proms, women composers, women in music

Come on ladies, we’ve all been thinking the same thing. Why should we continue to

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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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