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Yannick Nezet-Seguin, International Women's Day

Tom Service meets Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin and investigates gender bias in professional orchestras, as part of Radio 3's focus on International Women's Day.

Presented by Tom Service

Tom interviews the Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who currently holds music director posts at the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal.

Also, our soapbox contribution this week: composer, singer, opera director and teacher, Laura Bowler.

And, as part of Radio 3's focus on International Women's Day, Tom investigates the gender gap in professional orchestras.

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45 minutes

Chapters

  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin

    Duration: 24:10

  • SOAPBOX: Laura Bowler

    Duration: 05:36

  • International Women’s Day: Women in orchestras

    Duration: 12:41

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Tom interviews the Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who currently holds music director posts at the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the °¿°ù³¦³ó±ð²õ³Ù°ù±ðÌý²Ñé³Ù°ù´Ç±è´Ç±ô¾±³Ù²¹¾±²Ô in Montréal. He talks about the cross-fertilisation process that comes with working with different orchestras; about getting out 100% from all of the players in his ensembles; about his responsibilities at Philadelphia, where he oversees aspects beyond music, like marketing; and about working with orchestras to serve their respective communities, securing their future in the process.

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Soapbox: Laura Bowler

Soapbox: Laura Bowler

Composer, singer, opera director and teacher Laura Bowler takes to the Music Matters Soapbox to talk about how composers today need in her view to consider their audiences and to remember that music is a form of communication. She talks about how part of her mission with her students, in institutions both in London and Manchester, is to make them more aware of the world that surrounds them, paying attention not only to the other arts, but to current affairs and politics too.

Let us know what you think about the issues raised on the Soapbox - emailÌýmusicmatters@bbc.co.uk

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International Women’s Day: Women in orchestras

International Women’s Day: Women in orchestras

As part of Radio 3's programming around International Women's Day, Tom investigates issues of gender in professional orchestras. We speak to researcher Christina Scharff and Orchestra Official for the Musicians’ Union, Morris Stemp, about the figures, plus Opera North’s Richard Mantle and Michael Garvey of ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales tell us about how their orchestras deal with the issue.Ìý And bassoonist Amy Harman tells us about her experience of being a minority in a major London orchestra.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tom Service
Interviewed Guest Yannick Nezet-Seguin

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