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I was sexually abused by the “leader” of the band that I was part of, in Berlin. He was also my best friend at this moment. When I started to talk about it I was simply not taken seriously. If my friends actually wanted to have an opinion of it, they blamed (and still blame)…

My teacher in conservatory made constant inappropriate remarks about how beautiful, interesting, and talented I was, commented constantly on my clothes, style, body, took me out for dinner and drinks all the time, and constantly made me feel as though if I did what he told me, not only would I get what I wanted…

I experienced emotional and sexual abuse by a professor at a Musikhochschule in germany. From the very beginning, the professor had established a very open, friendly atmosphere in individual lessons and in the class sessions. It was normal for him to give female students a neck massage before the class session began. Also, kisses on…

A year ago I moved to Germany to study composition. My first encounter with my teacher when we talked about having a lesson was him smirkingly saying: “be careful, i’m known to make people cry in lessons” and as I was at the moment writing a piece about my own physical health problems and other…

A well known bassplayer, who I had been taking lessons with, invited me to his concert at Philharmonie, before that we had nice conversations about music and he really liked my music and maybe we can play someday bla bla. After the concert we were in a backstage room „checking out the steinway“ there, I…

I played piano in a gospel workshop. We were at some hotel and the organizer asked me to give him a small „piano lesson“ at the hotels piano, and said that he wants to „have a look at my room later“. Then called me in the evening to ask if I’m still awake (No!). Next…

I thought German metoo could be a good place to write because the person who assaulted me has strong links to Germany and often plays at techno parties there. This guy and his record label are based in Denmark, but I know one of his victims is from Germany so I think it might be…