New survey: 86% bassoons, 95% doublebasses, are men

New survey: 86% bassoons, 95% doublebasses, are men

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norman lebrecht

October 17, 2018

A survey of 22 international orchestras reveals astonishing disparities in certain instruments.

The survey reports:

Bassoon (86% male), double bass (95%), and timpani (96%) players are predominately men.

Just one of the 103 trumpet players in the 22 orchestras is a woman, and there are no women among the 99 trombonists and 26 tuba players.

There is a small majority for women on flute and violin.

Now why is that?

Read on here.

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