🎼 'The idea of the crazy-haired maestro is over': How women are finally breaking into conducting
In a world where gender inequality defies job sectors, the difference between a football and a conducting baton isn’t so big. Role models matter.
Much has changed. In 2020, Dalia Stasevska, BBC Symphony Orchestra principal guest conductor, conducted the Proms’ Last Night, following in the footsteps of her predecessor, Alsop. She was due to return to the role last week, before news of the Queen’s death prompted the evening’s cancellation. “There are way more women coming through now, younger and older,” Farnham tells me.When it comes to education, major strides have also been made.
As we edge away from a period of headline-grabbing firsts, perhaps the real challenge now is maintaining momentum as the story becomes more nuanced, the imbalance less easy to define. “It’s not quite as rosy as it would seem,” Farnham says. “What we’re seeing in conducting is kind of like the women’s football phenomena,” the conductor Helen Harrison tells me, echoing Farnham’s analogy. “There are so many parallels in terms of being seen.”
“It kept burning, it kept burning,” Harrison says. Gradually, over time, she signed up to courses at the The Royal Northern College of Music – first as an observer, then as a participant.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'I thought it was a hoax...' honour as Mancunians invited to Queen's funeral'I thought it was a hoax...' pride and honour as Mancunians invited to Queen Elizabeth II's funeral
Read more »
Here’s Why You Keep Googling ‘Why Am I Always Tired’Everyone is Googling why they're so tired all the time and we asked some experts for the answers. Read more on Grazia.
Read more »
Mel C: ‘I’m manifesting Spice Girls playing Glastonbury’Mel C talks to heat about the release of her autobiography Who I Am: My Story and 'manifesting Spice Girls playing Glastonbury'
Read more »