Sexual harassment is rife among UK classical musicians

Sexual harassment is rife among UK classical musicians

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norman lebrecht

December 02, 2017

A survey by the Incorporated Society of Musicians finds that 60 percent of classical musicians have experienced sexual harassment, rising to 70 percent among the self-employed.

There were, however, just 250 responses to the survey.

In Sweden, a much smaller country, almost 700 opera singers declared they had been harassed, practically the entire profession.

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