Tubainsauga wrote:I doubt its a matter of ability.
She's breaking through the brass ceiling
Female tuba player is the Phila. Orchestra's newest addition.
By Peter Dobrin
Inquirer Music Critic
When he was here recently leading the Philadelphia Orchestra, Simon Rattle was so smitten with a young substitute musicianin the back row that he arranged to have her audition with his Berlin Philharmonic.
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As for Berlin, it turns out the match wasn't meant to be.
After Rattle made contact with Berlin and the audition materials arrived, Jantsch noticed a rather important detail.
The Berlin Philharmonic requires a tuba player who plays a B-flat tuba.