Classical music is now asking itself the same sort of questions political parties were forced to ask in the 1980s. Namely, how to combat gender inequality when it comes to conducting? And a U.K. college has initiated a women-only conducting course.

The issue has flared up again over the last year in particular due to some ill-judged comments by some prominent individuals in the music world. But it's clearly a problem, with so many more men wielding the conductor's baton than women.

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