Het baton-plafond: Over vrouwelijke dirigenten en Tár

Emile Wennekes

doi:10.5117/9789048560110

Het baton-plafond: Over vrouwelijke dirigenten en Tár

Translated title of the contribution: The Baton Barrier: On female conductors and Tár

Emile Wennekes

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Abstract

It remains very exceptional when highly gifted women musicians are crowned Maestra, (chief-)conductor of a professional symphony orchestra. There are various explanations for this deprivation. Contextualized in historical and statistical data, this chapter zooms in on what I call the ‘Baton Barrier’. Not so much of an invisible boundary as has become known as the glass ceiling, preventing women their upward mobility, for ages, this musical barrier has been in our face: literally, the image, the portrayal of the traditionally masculine orchestral director.

Translated title of the contribution	The Baton Barrier: On female conductors and Tár
Original language	Dutch
Title of host publication	Transities in Kunst, Cultuur en Politiek
Editors	Sandra Ponzanesi, Kathrin Thiele, Eva Midden, Domitilla Olivieri, Trude Oorschot
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Amsterdam UP
Pages	273-280
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978 90 4856 0127
ISBN (Print)	978 90 4856 011 0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048560110
Publication status	Published - 10 Oct 2023

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female musicians, symphony orchestras, Lydia Tár, batton barrier

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