At left is a photo of conductor Marin Also standing at the podium conducting. She is a white woman with short blonde hair, wearing a long white jacket with a dark blouse underneath. At right is a poster for the movie Tár depicting Cate Blanchett as the title character, caught from below. We don't see her face, but instead we see her torso and the underside of her chin. She is in a dark gray outfit and clutches a conductor's baton in her right hand.

No industry has been more of a closed and creaky old white boys club than classical music. Things are grudgingly changing now that the Western canon appears to be on its deathbed, but, according to research by the League of American Orchestras, “Women conductors are still rare, especially in the high-status position of music director.” […]

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