A study of the musicians playing in the world’s ‘20 greatest orchestras’ finds 69% are male, with the disparity particularly acute among bassoon players (86% male) double bassists (95%), and trombonists and tuba players (100% male). Oliver Staley and Amanda Shendruk report.
This fall, the world’s great symphony orchestras will open their 2018-19 seasons. And just as they have for decades, many of them will be sharply segregated by gender.
Men will again make up the majority of brass, woodwinds, and percussion players, and most harpists will again be women.
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