Letter: Equality at the Proms
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Sir: It was good to read that your classical music critic Bayan Northcott believes that classical music from around the world should be featured more frequently in the Proms ('Small ripples in a calm sea', 3 September). However, when he refers to my assertion that 50 per cent of the concerts should feature music by women, he seems to doubt whether there would be enough music to do this.
If you take all the classical music traditions of the world, it would not be at all difficult to have 90 per cent of the programmes featuring high-quality music by women.
Yours sincerely,
PRITI PAINTAL
Tenterden, Kent
7 September
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments