Last night, I made a point of the exclusive maleness of the Moscow Virtuosi, and somebody from the sponsoring San Francisco Performances organization put the question to the tour manager. His reply: "It's tradition. Women cause too many problems." When you put it that way, there is a certain logic to it. There is never any problem in men-only organizations, historically. Indeed, are women ready to play music on a professional level? But I suspect there is a slight misquote here; the man must have said: "Is tradition." [log in to unmask] Attachments to [log in to unmask]