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Donne, Women in Music

Celebrating Women in Music

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INSPIRING CHANGE, SUPPORTING & INCLUDING WOMEN IN MUSIC.

Driving equality, diversity and inclusion across the music industry.


DONNE is a charitable foundation that is here to make a positive change in the fight against gender inequality within the music industry. Our main goal is to celebrate, advance, and amplify women in music so that they are seen, heard, and appreciated for their talent so they can leave a legacy of inspiration for future generations.


WHAT WE DO


SUPPORT

We create supportive material to educate and transform the future of gender equality in music.

INCLUDE

We research the presence of women composers in concerts and advocate for their inclusion. 

CELEBRATE

Furthermore, we raise awareness
and inspire audiences globally
to celebrate women in music.


HERE ARE SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES


THE BIG LIST


The BIG LIST of Women Composers is an ever-expanding list featuring more than 5,000 women composers (and counting).

From pre-medieval composers to 21st century singer-songwriters, pick a country, a century, a music genre:

YOU WILL FIND A WOMAN HERE.
THE BIG LIST

Someone, I tell you, in another time,
will remember us.

We are oppressed by fears
of oblivion.”

SAPPHO (c. 630-c.570 BC)



GET INVOLVED

Listen and share music by women
Donate and support our projects

Support other women by being socially
engaged with our mission and actively
advocating to raise awareness about inequality.

INFORMATION & SUPPORT

I am looking for resources
I want to be included on THE BIG LIST

Change the future of women in music. 
We can support you to educate
and inspire the next generations.

BE THE CHANGE

Music Curation and Talks
Corporate Supporters

We need influence and power to change
the status quo and the structures
that still hold inequality together. 


Donne, Women in Music is a unique project, which champions the world of women composers in a field where there is great inequality. ❞

RACHEL PORTMAN

The world is a diverse planet;
music should be also. The project Donne shines a light on women composers and artists and is a positive step towards parity. ❞

MEI-ANN CHEN

Donne is a rich, vibrant, and stylistic diverse platform to counteract the under representation of women in music composition by making their faces visible and their voices heard. ❞
CATARINA DOMENICI

Our goal is to leave a legacy of inspiration for future generations
on how we include, support and promote women in music.


RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS


Research and analysis of performed repertoire is an important initiative on the fight for equality. We are committed to continuing to share our findings as well as further analyses, which have been done by projects all over the world. Visit our RESEARCH page for more information.

INEQUALITY IN MUSIC:
WOMEN COMPOSERS BY NUMBERS IN 2020-2021

Only 5% of the repertoire performed by 100 orchestras worldwide was composed by women.


WELCOME TO DONNE

Watch the introduction by soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder & curator of the project Donne, Women in Music.

We want to empower women to unleash their creative power, support more women in this journey, educate audiences and engage all people in the conversation.

Join us in making a difference!

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