In their recent report ‘Equality & Diversity in Concert Halls’, DONNE looks at 100 concert halls around the world, with some startling statistics around gender inequality, highlighting multiple barriers in the industry. The findings show that only 11.45% of the scheduled concerts (2020/2021) worldwide included compositions by women, and a mere 1.11% were Black and Asian women!

This is why organisations like Keychange and others are integral to not only highlight the barriers, but work proactively e.g. via the Keychange Pledge to ensure that the music industry systematically and intrinsically works towards gender inclusivity, and consciously tackle other barriers to access. As we keep saying, the talent exists – opportunity does not!

Read the full report from DONNE here.