"Wiener Festwochen Demands End to Inequality"

The Wiener Festwochen in Vienna is addressing gender inequality in classical music by launching the "Academy Second Modernism," which will feature works by 50 female and nonbinary composers over five years. Despite some progress, such as women in the New York Philharmonic being allowed to perform in pants and the Berlin Philharmonic hiring its first female concertmaster, gender imbalances remain significant, with less than 8% of works staged by orchestras worldwide being composed by women.