Beatrice Venezi is one of the youngest Orchestra's Conductors in Europe and in 2018 she was listed in Forbes 100 Under 30. She’s Principal Guest Conductor of the "Orchestra della Toscana", Chief Conductor of the "Orchestra Milano Classica" and one of the few women to conduct orchestras of international standing. In this episode, we talk about the classical music industry, leadership and gender equality.

The episode will cover the following topics:

• (1:50 )  The gender gap in the classical music industry and what can be done to reduce it.
• (5:00 )  Practical steps women and men can apply to promote gender equality. 
• (8:16 )  What can be done to motivate young people to listen to classical music. Similarities between their interests and classical music.
• (11:54 )  How travelling has shaped the way she looks at the world and her profession.
• (14:19 )  The country that gave her the most (from a personal side) is and the one in which she feels more comfortable performing.
• (16:10 )  Her leadership style and how she earns the trust of the orchestras she conducts.
• (19:05 ) What a conductor does and how a person can start learning how to conduct an orchestra.
• (23:57 )  How long she takes to put together a performance.
• (28:03 )  The challenges she had to overcome in order to reach success.
• (32:30 )  Where she sees the classical music industry in 30 years.
• (36:04 )  What institutions and the government can do to promote classical music among young people.
• (37:32 )  Teaching classical music in schools.
• (38:08 )  The Sanremo Music Festival's debate. Gender equality and names of professions. Being referred to as Direttore (the male/gender-neutral form of the word "conductor") rather than Direttrice (the female form).
• (42:35 )  The internationally of the great Italian classical composers.
• (43:55 )  Sharing classical music across countries when being exposed to the world through social media and other digital means was not a thing.
• (45:55 )  The projects she's currently working on and that are about to take place.
• (47:13 )  Her debut in London.

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