Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 1998/01

From: "Craig E. G. Countryman" <cegc@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Vienna Phil. - women not allowed
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:24:55 -0500

Robert E. Winston wrote:
"'[We] only take white men to play white music by white composers for a
white audience.' -Attributed to Werner Resel, VPO Chairman and cellist"

I don't understand this quote. If Werner Resel is chairman of the VPO
than obiviously she would not be saying this as her(??) own opinion. Is
she representing this as the belief of the Vienna Phil. leaders?
Perhaps you could enlighten me by putting this in further context.

Also, one must realize that this woman is going to be on the extreme
opposite side of the Philharmonic, so her comments may be somewhat
biased. I still haven't seen anything from the Philharmonic itself,
unless of course I must understand this quote.

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