Gender representation in orchestral programming
Subject in Music Commentary
Gender representation in orchestral programming has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Gabriella Di LaccioBrazilian-born classical soprano and founder of the Donne Foundation, which documents women composers
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
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
The women missing from musicTED 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.