Friday Figures - 20 Aug

Why is looking at the gender representation of music composers the important? And if is the history that informs the present and future, why is context and rewriting of this history needed to move forward? Before we move onto the positive figure for the week as to why, we take a look at contemporary times and the scheduled works of 100 orchestras across the world in the 2020-2021 (from report Equality & Diversity in Concert Halls - DONNE, Women in Music) which featured only 5% women composers!

Read the DONNE report here.