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It’s that time of year again. On the 25th of November, the „Orange the World“ campaign begins to draw attention to gender discrimination and violence against women. In 2023, one might believe that at least in Europe or the „Western“ world, we would have achieved gender equality, but we are far from it. I’ve gathered some remarkably grotesque music critiques written by renowned music journals and critics. Enjoy these detailed body descriptions, which are surprisingly important when one is actually writing a „music“ critique.
Buniatishvilli’s self-aggrandizing performance skirted the boundaries of decency (…) and then dove right in, sequinned fire engine red dress and all.
April, 2022 about @khatiabuniatishvili
Here, the Chinese piano bumblebee (…) mechanically spun Johann Sebastian Bach’s f-minor concerto, humming albeit with scarcely any garb.
Rondo Magazin, September, 2022 about @yujawang.official
Theater is a world of illusion, and usually costume designers find very good ways to make even overweight singers appear alluring and attractive.
Die Welt, 2022
And unfortunately the well-oiled puppet mechanism quickly runs dry, again and again fat women in tight corsets spread their legs in various separees.
In Die Welt about the @salzburgerfestspiele , 2019
Playing the Polish Caprice by Grazyna Bacewicz here :)
Comments
2025-08-30 18:05
Totally agree\! When you are listening concerts in the Tchaikovsky concert hall in Moscow, you are looking at portraits of 12 old men \- famous composers. Surprisingly, no women at all. 😎While 70% of the audience are women.
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2025-08-30 11:20
schön
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