Leah Broad

@leahbroad.bsky.social

Writer | Presenter | Historian

I write about music, women's history & cultural history.

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Yesterday we dug into the story of Mozart's 'Jupiter' Symphony at Cadogan Hall with @leahbroad.bsky.social, Vasily Petrenko and our Principal Viola Abigail Fenna, uncovering the nuances of the music and how people in Mozart's time would have responded to it, before we performed the symphony in full.

Leah Broad, Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra on stage at Cadogan HallVasily Petrenko talking from the stagePrincipal Viola Abigail Fenna talking on the stageVasily Petrenko conducting
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...when they were working in systems designed to shut them out. If that sounds like your thing (or the thing of someone you know, it would make a great present...) then please do pop in a pre-order: every purchase makes such a difference! And I look forward to sharing these stories next Feb ❤️

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Violinist Alma Rosé Ballerina Tatiana Vecheslova Composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor British pianist Myra Hess German pianist Elly Ney Dancer, singer & intelligence agent Josephine Baker Jazz band the International Sweethearts of Rhythm Together they show how women wielded power through music, even...

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I get so sick of being told that there has been no gender-based prejudice against women musicians. So here are some genuine reviews written about women, between 1893 & 2021, with a couple words/letters changed to make them about men.