Klarinet Archive - Posting 000250.txt from 2002/03

From: Janine <janine@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Vienna Philharmonic & Gender/Regional Bias
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:27:38 -0500

> For the record, all of the women are subs, not regulars. Some of them have
> actually won auditions for the Staatsoper, but have not officially been
> invited to join the VPO yet.
>
> Were their names listed in the program? The recently retired harpist who
> played for 30 years never had her name listed because she was not officially
> a member until her last year or two.
>
> David Hattner, NYC
> www.northbranchrecords.com

Sorry if this has been posted before, but for those of you who are interested &
haven't seen this, here's a VPO watch site:

http://www.buzzarte.org/vpowatch/index.html

Click on "Have You Heard This One" for what I consider a rather outrageous
statement on gender & regional background of musicians.

http://www.buzzarte.org/vpowatch/index.html#zinger

Janine

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