In recent years, the classical music world has been increasingly confronted with its own exclusionary practices. Dr. Maiko Kawabata, an award-winning musicologist, violinist and professor at the Royal College of Music and the Open University, examined some of those challenges in her article “The New ‘Yellow Peril’ in ‘Western’ European Symphony Orchestras.” Kawabata’s extensive research and […]
Author Archives: Josephine Bastian
… studied cello in Berlin, Frankfurt, and the U.S. Since 2012, she has performed with various chamber music groups and as a soloist with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. She trained in the academies of the Rundfunksinfonieorchester Berlin and the Frankfurt Opern- und Museumsorchester. After an accident in the summer of 2021, she discovered her passion for journalism, and has contributed articles to VAN and other outlets.