[Becca]

An op-ed article by Barbara Hannigan about conductors, women conductors, sexism, etc. It really is way past time that more women made their way in the conducting field.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/11/barbara-hannigan-conducting-britten-sinfonia

I have to ask ... just what constitutes the "women's music" that Jorma Pannula talks about?

 

[Mahlerian]

I have to ask ... just what IS the "women's music" that Jorma Pannula talks about?

I can't say I would know either. I don't consider Debussy's La mer any more or less masculine than Bruckner's Seventh Symphony, to cite the examples he used.

As a matter of fact, I have been quite impressed by many of the recordings of Bruckner's symphonies (in their original versions) led by Simone Young, and never do I find myself thinking "this is Bruckner conducted by a woman" rather than simply "this is a fine interpretation of Bruckner."