'I knew the orchestras were better in Germany.' — Abbie Conant But she didn't know how sexist they were or the ordeal she would be subjected to in Munich.
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Abbie Conant’s husband, the composer William Osborne was instrumental in a feminist campaign against sexism at the Vienna Philharmonic. See “Taking on the VPO.” As he said at the time, “If it were just the Vienna Philharmonic, the whole issue would be much too parochial to bother with. The real issue is that women are not treated fairly …”
