Leading ladies: gender bias in piano competitions

Vincent Lenti
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Almost any piano teacher will say that the majority of their students are female, so where are all the women when it comes to handing out the glittering prizes at major music competitions?

 Yulianna Avdeeva's gold medal at the 2010 Chopin Competition in Warsaw remains controversial
Yulianna Avdeeva's gold medal at the 2010 Chopin Competition in Warsaw remains controversial

FRYDERYCK CHOPIN INSTITUTE

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