• DT13: Music, Mentoring and Mental Health | RACHEL WALKER MASON
    Jul 1 2021

    In this episode, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of DONNE | Women in Music talks to Rachel Walker Mason - a multi-award-winning musician, currently writing songs with Grammy nominees, Billboard Hot 100 artists, alumni from The Voice UK and American Idol, Emmy winners and Independent Country Music Association Awards winners.

    Named a Woman Of The Year 2020 and hailed “an inspiration” by Prince Harry, Rachel is the only musician to have been crowned Freelancer Of The Year and to be given a Lockdown Hero Award for her work creating the international arts festival Unlock Your Talent which garnered worldwide acclaim for its support and fundraising for mental health. A highly regarded songwriting and vocal judge, Rachel was a judge for NTA nominated Sing: Ultimate A Cappella on Sky One and is a judge for the UK Songwriting Contest, Strive and the Intercontinental Music Awards. .

    https://donne-uk.org/podcast/

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    55 mins
  • DT12: Art can't be substituted by pixels | CARLA MAFFIOLETTI
    Jun 15 2021

    In this episode, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of DONNE | Women in Music talks to Carla Maffioletti: Classical Singer, Guitarist, Composer, Arranger and Music Producer.

    Carla is a multi talented artist with great passion for creating, innovating and connecting with music.

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    https://donne-uk.org/podcast/

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • DT011: Without the full knowledge of women's contribution to art, we don't have a full picture | ANASTASIA BELINA
    May 19 2021

    In this episode, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of DONNE | Women in Music talks to Dr. Anastasia Belina: musicologist, writer, presenter, pianist, opera director, and artist manager.

    As a music writer and researcher and a published author, Anastasia was always interested in neglected composers and dedicated many years of her career to introducing their names to a wider audience. Don’t miss it!

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    https://donne-uk.org/podcast/

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    42 mins
  • DT010: Creating space for EVERYONE to belong | ELIZABETH DE BRITO
    Apr 15 2021

    In this episode, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of DONNE | Women in Music talks to Elizabeth de Brito: curator, storyteller, presenter, researcher, activist, and the producer of The Daffodil Perspective: the 1st ever gender-balanced, racially equitable, inclusive radio show in the world. . Don't miss it!

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    https://donne-uk.org/podcast/

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    46 mins
  • DT009: Women making history | EÍMEAR NOONE
    Mar 11 2021

    On the 9th February 2020, Eímear Noone made history as the first-ever woman to lead the Oscars Orchestra. The award-winning Irish conductor and composer writes extensively for film and videogame and is also a conductor in demand worldwide. . In this episode, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of DONNE | Women in Music talked to the inspirational Irish composer and conductor about her career, role models, prejudice, and much more. . Don't miss it!

    https://donne-uk.org/podcast/

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    1 hr
  • DT008 | You can't be what you can't see | EDWINA DUNN
    Feb 22 2021

    Inequality: has the problem been solved? In this episode, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of DONNE | Women in Music talks to Edwina Dunn OBE, data science entrepreneur and founder of the inspirational educational charity, The Female Lead. . Don't miss it!

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    https://donne-uk.org/podcast/

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    52 mins
  • DT007: Finding my voice | CATARINA DOMENICI
    Dec 21 2020

    In this episode, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of the project DONNE, Women in Music talks to renowned Brazilian pianist and composer Catarina Domenici. Discover her fascinating journey of finding her voice as an artist and as a composer. . Check the links below for more information: Catarina Domenici's website https://www.catarinadomenici.com/

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    55 mins
  • DT006: The importance of inclusion | DEBORAH CHEETHAM
    Dec 14 2020

    In this episode soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of the project DONNE, Women in Music talked to the inspirational soprano, composer, writer and educator Deborah Cheetham. Deborah describes herself as a ‘21st century urban woman who is Yorta Yorta by birth, stolen generation by policy, soprano by diligence, composer by necessity and lesbian by practice.’ In the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Cheetham was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for “distinguished service to the performing arts as an opera singer, composer and artistic director, to the development of Indigenous artists, and to innovation in performance”. In 2009, Deborah Cheetham established Short Black Opera as a national not-for-profit opera company devoted to the development of Indigenous singers. The following year she produced the premiere of her first opera Pecan Summer. This landmark work was Australia’s first Indigenous opera and has been a vehicle for the development of a new generation of Indigenous opera singers. Deborah Cheetham https://www.shortblackopera.org.au/team . Short Black Opera https://www.shortblackopera.org.au/

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    1 hr and 2 mins