This workshop will delve into a range of topics, exploring how the performing arts industry has historically received female composers and musicians compared to their male counterparts. The panellists will discuss the evolution of opportunities and representation within the field as well as speculate on future trends in TV and music broadcasting.
This discussion aims to serve as a platform for dialogue, where panelists will reflect on their experiences in promoting female artists, considering the reception of their work by both the industry and the public. They will also address how their approach to creating productions about female artists differs from those focusing on male figures, discussing the necessary changes to enhance equality and representation in the arts.
Laetitia Huberti (co-moderation)
Laetitia Huberti has been working in the cultural and public service media sectors for 18 years, and her career has taken her from the Performing Arts Center Flagey in Brussels to the Belgian Public RAdio & Television, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Since 2014, Laetitia joined RTBF where she managed the classical radio station Musiq’3 for 4 years, while actively contributing to the transformation of the organization towards a “public centric” model. In 2018, she became the Head of Editorial Strategy of a portfolio of thematic medias including 3 radios and 1 television: La Première, Musiq’3, Classic21 & La Trois-TV. Her current role is to define the vision and editorial strategy for these medias, and lead the team. In February 2024, she assumed the role of President at IMZ International Music + Media Centre.
Miikka Maunula (co-moderation)
Miikka Maunula works as the executive producer of music productions at Yle. For the past 12 years, he has been responsible for Yle’s classical music programs, and since October 2019, his role has expanded to include all music content. He has worked at Yle since 1998, serving as a journalist, producer and executive producer. Currently, his role encompasses all of Yle’s music and dance recordings in both video and audio formats. Miikka Maunula served three terms as the chair of the EBU Music Group from 2015 to 2021. Additionally, he is the coordinator for Yle’s collaboration with Arte.
Anders Lindstad (panelist)
Anders Lindstad is a director and producer based in Oslo, Norway. He specializes in music documentaries, concert films and creative productions for the Norwegian and international markets. He has worked in the industry for 25 years, owns and runs the production company Peiling Film & TV and has worked for different independent production companies and the NRK. The documentary series and concert special “She Composes Like a Man” (SVT / international distribution by EuroArts) was directed and produced by Lindstad. The series highlights orchestral music composed by women and was nominated for the Rose d´Or in the Arts category. Lindstad has a cand.philol degree in Media Studies and German Studies from the University of Oslo. He very much enjoys picking up his musical instruments including a cello, a double bass, Fender and Rickenbacker bass guitars, to play in different orchestras, ensembles and bands. Currently Lindstad is developing a project focusing on the women and men of the Leipzig salons that were stars and outsiders in the Romantic era, and still have a huge impact on how we perceive classical music today.
Iveta Apkalna (panelist)
Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna is considered one of the leading instrumentalists in the world. Since 2017 she has served as the titular organist of the Klais organ at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany. Since Iveta Apkalna’s debut with the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Claudio Abbado in 2007 she has performed with a number of the world’s top orchestras including the Bavarian Radio Symphony, the National Orchestra of France, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra among others. Iveta Apkalna became the first organist to receive the title of “Best Performing Artist” award at the 2005 ECHO Klassik. Known for her commitment to contemporary music, Apkalna has premiered pieces by Péter Eötvös, E.-P. Salonen, P. Vasks. She has received Latvia’s “Order of the Three Stars” and the “Latvian Grand Music Award” four times, and serves as a cultural ambassador of Latvia.
Marlene Brüggen (panelist)
Marlene Brüggen started her professional career at KD Schmid, where she worked as a manager for artists such as Leonard Slatkin, Cornelius Meister, Khatia Buniatishvili, Renaud Capuçon and Rafał Blechacz. After six years at the agency and a Master’s degree in “Media and Music“, Marlene switched sides and became a promoter as part of the team of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. In Autumn 2021, she joined the DSO Berlin (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) as their Head of Artistic Planning. She understands her role as to define the orchestra’s relevance both culturally and socially, approaching different target audiences and programming more inclusive rather than exclusive as well as being influenced by pop culture, society and trends of our times. In 23/24 she rolled out an initative which committed the DSO to include at least one piece by a female composer in each concert as per the season’s motto “No program without a female composer!“ – which is meant to inspire concert performances on an international level.
Daniel Gorjão (panelist)
Daniel Gorjão attended the Actor Training course at Moderna University, and later the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. He has a Master Diploma in Communication and Art. In 2003 he debuted at the Teatro Politeama Company, having worked with Filipe La Féria for seven years. In 2010 he won the Emerging Talent Award of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II / Almada Festival and conceived the piece “um dia dancei SÓ dancei um dia”, creating a series of performances for the theatre ever since. In 2014 he was nominated for the Time Out Awards and New Talent Award with “Radiografia de um nevoeiro imperturbável”. In 2017 he won the City of Lisbon Award / Fatal with “ama como a estrada começa”, for GTIST. That same year, he created “Júlia” for São Luiz Teatro Municipal, having also created “Vita e Virginia” for the same theatre in 2021. More recently he created “Nós como futuro” for the National Ballet of Portugal. Last theater work was “ All about my mother” in 2023. Since 2010 he has been working as Acting and Dubbing Director at RTP. In 2016 he became responsible for the Performing Arts Programming at RTP2. He is also an invited professor of the Postgraduate Course in Dramaturgy at ESMAE.
(Free entry)