If you’ve ever used music in content on social media, you’ll have discovered copyright claims. What should be a way to protect music is now a nightmare for classical music
Despite announcing a “10-year seat-filling record”, the Edinburgh International Festival recorded its lowest audience for a non-pandemic year. Attendance fell 12.6% (around 16,000 people) compared with 2024, and
Like every summer, the BBC Proms are in full swing. And like every other Proms, people have strong opinions. As soon as they are announced, there is the usual pile-on
This year I was at a pre-concert drinks thing for an orchestra. While I was there, I overheard this conversation between a donor and the CEO of the orchestra that
As 2021/2022 seasons come to an end, we reach a moment of realisation. Classical music audiences are vanishing… and they’re not coming back.
From talking to organisations and
This is my opening provocation from the digital session at the Association of British Orchestras conference in February 2022:
2020 saw orchestras adapt faster than at any time during our
For years, Skype had almost total market dominance. If you wanted to video call someone, you were going to use Skype. By the time a small competitor called Zoom was
