Gender Bias in Classical Music, the Berliner Morgenpost and beyond!

(Want to read this in German? Click hier!) The criticism of art is just opinion, and a reviewer has a right to her or his own. Though I may disagree from time to time, my public responses have been due only to factual errors. Earlier this May I read a review (English translation here) by Herr Felix…

Variations on “Is That a Violin???”

Variations on “Is That a Violin????”  by Lara St John I have noticed, whilst travelling a few million miles hauling a violin, that carrying an oddly shaped case gives random folks a queer impetus to talk to you about what might be inside it. Some people love to talk about what they do. I, however,…