GIULLIA 
ASSMANN

My journey with gender and music research began in 2018, when I started asking a question that has stayed with me ever since: why are some voices heard while others go unnoticed? For my undergraduate thesis, I turned to women double bassists, players of an instrument still so often imagined in male hands, and their stories set me on this path.

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That curiosity carried me into music cognition. In my master’s, I explored how the discourses we grow up with, and the biases in what we see, quietly shape the way women’s performances are judged.

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Since then, I have kept investigating the presence and absence of women in the music industry, gathering data on who gets to play, be heard, and be recognized. In August 2026, I organized the 1st Symposium on Gender Studies in Music at UNESP, bringing together researchers and musicians working at the intersection of gender and music.

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My ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8650-8785