Cleveland concertmaster is named in #MeToo sweep
mainAnne Midgette and Peggy McGlone on the Washington Post have conducted an extensive survey of sexual harassment of women in classical music, reaching the conclusion that it is ‘rife’.
Among those named are the Italian conductor Daniele Gatti – who insists all his contacts were consensual – and William Preucil, respected concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra, who refused to comment.
Many of the other cases cited have previously been reported (not least in Slipped Disc), but the conclusion that harassment is endemic in classical music is a disturbing one and the legwork done by the two reporters is impressive.
Read here.
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