Composers from minority groups are “effectively silenced” because they do not fit into classical music’s “inner club”, a composer has said.

Eleanor Alberga said the classical music world is “not very inclusive and I suspect there are wider issues here, like unconscious racism and class”.

Jamaica-born Alberga said most of her commissions came for projects with a “racial agenda” such as slavery. Full story.

Ian Youngs (BBC News) / October 20, 2016

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