{"id":51526,"date":"2022-06-12T10:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=51526"},"modified":"2022-06-12T10:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T14:04:19","slug":"a-solo-among-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2022\/06\/a-solo-among-men.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A Solo Among Men&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\"><em>'I knew the orchestras were better in Germany.' \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2005\/04\/malcolm_gladwell_blinks_at_abb.html\">Abbie Conant<\/a><\/em>\nBut she didn't know how sexist they were or the ordeal she would be subjected to in Munich.<\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TvFw6KX8VVs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"551\" data-attachment-id=\"51530\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2005\/04\/malcolm_gladwell_blinks_at_abb.html\/abbie-conant-video-750-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/abbie-conant-VIDEO-750-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,551\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"abbie conant VIDEO (750)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/abbie-conant-VIDEO-750--300x220.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/abbie-conant-VIDEO-750-.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/abbie-conant-VIDEO-750-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51530\" title=\"CLICK FOR VIDEO.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/abbie-conant-VIDEO-750-.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/abbie-conant-VIDEO-750--300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><strong>&#8216;A Solo Among Men&#8217; was directed by Brenda Parkerson.<\/strong><\/em> Abbie Conant won an audition for first trombone in the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. But the conductor, Sergiu Celibidache, preferred a man upfront and demoted her. Conant speaks about coping with that as she looks back at her tenacious struggle for justice. <br><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">To avoid the ads on YouTube, watch the video here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Diese Frau k\u00e4mpfte gegen ihre Benachteiligung im Symphonie-Orchester unter Celibidache (Doku, 1994)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TvFw6KX8VVs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbie Conant&#8217;s husband, the composer William Osborne was instrumental in a feminist campaign against sexism at the Vienna Philharmonic. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osborne-conant.org\/Taking-on.htm\">&#8220;Taking on the VPO.&#8221;<\/a> As he said at the time, &#8220;If it were just the Vienna Philharmonic, the whole issue would be much too parochial to bother with. The real issue is that women are not treated fairly &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbie Conant won an audition for first trombone in the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. But the conductor, Sergiu Celibidache, preferred a man upfront and demoted her. Conant speaks about coping with that as she looks back at her tenacious struggle for justice. Conant&#8217;s husband, the composer William Osborne was instrumental in a feminist campaign against sexism at the Vienna Philharmonic. As he said at the time, &#8220;If it were just the Vienna Philharmonic, the whole issue would be much too parochial to bother with. 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