The sisters Camille and Julie Berthollet in concert at the Alexandre Dumas Theater in Saint-Germain-en-Laye at the end of 2019 - SADAKA EDMOND / SIPA

“One of the reasons why we are talking now is because we have had one more experience and probably too much with a conductor who allowed himself to make inappropriate gestures. Several months after the accusations of sexual harassment towards the opera singer Placido Domingo, new testimony comes to prove that no environment is spared from sexual violence, here classical music. In a video from the Loopsider media, Camille and Julie Berthollet, respectively 21 and 22 years old and rising stars in the industry, denounce gestures, remarks and inappropriate remarks, and a subject unfortunately still taboo.

If you thought that classical music was spared harassment and sexual assault, listen to Camille and Julie Berthollet.
The two stars of classical music swing # metoo pic.twitter.com/gw3SDZRIOS

- Loopsider (@Loopsidernews) February 18, 2020

They are for example a conductor "who sniffs you in the neck to see what smell the redheads have", a hand passed over the back, a look leaning on a neckline or a remark on his chest for Julie on behalf of 'a 60 year old man, when she was only 14. "It's disgusting. "

The Berthollet sisters also explain that it was known that some teachers should not go alone, or that students, still minors, had to sleep with a teacher. Camille and Julie say they were lucky, surrounded by parents who "looked close enough". But that the subject is still taboo and that the victims must not be afraid to speak.

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  • Classical music
  • Sexual harassment
  • Culture
  • Violence against women