Men extend their advantage in German orchestras

Men extend their advantage in German orchestras

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norman lebrecht

March 02, 2021

Latest figures from the German Music Information Center show that men are leading women by  60.4 percent to 39.6 percent in the composition of 129 leading German orchestras. That’s about one percent more than last year.

Although women amount to just under half of all string players, only 32.7 percent of concertmasters are female.

Cliché alert: women hold 93.7 percent of all harp positions.

In all, 9,884 musicians were surveyed.

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