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Research Finds Pattern of Sexism in Classical Music Industry

“Fewer than 23 percent of career pianists are women, yet in the conservatoires it’s roughly 50:50. As they leave college, the men soar while the women are not getting opportunities,” says Fiona Sinclair, chief executive of the Leeds International Piano Competition. “The more we get into actual statistics, it’s clear that something’s broken.”