Where would our arts world be today if music composition had been equally open to everyone else in addition to white males over all these centuries? Now we know.
In 2022, according to an annual classical music statistics report, nine of the top 20 most performed living composers were women.
In 2014, just one composer in the top 20 most performed living composers was a woman (Sofia Gubaidulina).
In 2013, just one conductor of the 100 busiest conductors was a woman (Marin Alsop at No. 70), but now there are 12 women.
Progress.
https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/report-most-performed-living-composers/?fbclid=IwAR2h4SzR3B_MCHU5g6otNiSAdU2iHsjQqqvzn6kZ_pE6F0dtGSSK1hyxXkM
