The report was produced by Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare together with KVAST, a non-profit association that works to promote music by women. It shows that the percentage of minutes of music written by women has dropped from nine percent to just under seven percent from the 2016/2017 season to the 2018/2019 season.
The association Svenska Tonsättare concludes that the figures are due to the fact that a large part of the concert hall's repertoires consist of historical works composed between 1800 and 1949. This affects the outcome as these works are often long and composed by male composers.
The report shows greater equality when it comes to erected works, ie works that are erected for the first time. There, female composers stand behind over half of the works and a third of the minutes played.
"The development is going in the right direction, but we are not happy with the outcome, we want to see a faster change towards a higher proportion of contemporary music," says Martin Jonsson Tibblin, chairman of the Swedish Composers Association in a press release.
Astrid Pernille Hartmann sees great joy in the fact that the women's share of the errands is equal since the measurements started in 2016 but hopes for change also in the case of older works.
- We look forward to a great revitalization of the older repertoire with many more works by our ancestors. There are plenty of sources to spew, she says in a press release.