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Lidiya Yankovskaya conducting the Refugee Orchestra Project at the First Unitarian Congregational Society, Brooklyn, June 20, 2016
Borrowing from the works of choreographer, Mark Morris, classical music is a ‘hard nut to crack’ — the world of conductors seemingly the toughest. Some twenty years ago, as a master’s graduate of conducting, I was advised by a San Francisco conductor to look elsewhere for opportunity. This was not a sexist attitude, but of reality — of opportunity for all — regardless of gender. Gigs were limited. What he didn’t say, this article does say and with great clarity.
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