What Gabriella Di Laccio has said about Gender representation in orchestral programming

1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 2, 2026

Gabriella Di Laccio, Brazilian-born classical soprano and founder of the Donne Foundation, which documents women composers, has been quoted on Gender representation in orchestral programming once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on October 2, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Di Laccio says her count of the top 15 orchestras found only 2.3% of the music they played was written by women.

    “I published a tiny infographic and it said only 2.3% of these orchestras, the music these orchestras played was written by women”

    TED Radio Hour: The women missing from music (Oct 2, 2026) · Listen from 6:42

Episodes

  • The women missing from music

    TED Radio Hour · Oct 2, 2026 · 50 min

    Manoush Zomorodi talks with soprano Gabriella Di Laccio about forgotten women composers and AI, then airs Nadya Tolokonnikova's TED Talk on Pussy Riot's resistance.

Gabriella Di Laccio on other topics