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Music Matters: Yannick Nezet-Seguin, International Women's Day

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05/03/2016

Yannick Nezet-Seguin, International Women's Day

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, International Women's Day

Tom Service meets Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin.

Tom Service meets Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin and investigates gender bias in professional orchestras, as part of Radio 3's focus on International Women's Day.

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Tom interviews the Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who currently holds music director posts at the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal.

Also, our soapbox contribution this week: composer, singer, opera director and teacher, Laura Bowler.

And, as part of Radio 3's focus on International Women's Day, Tom investigates the gender gap in professional orchestras.

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