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Audiences portrait

A recent study has analyzed the musical tastes of 5000 adults in order to categorize them into five types : sophisticated, unpretentious, intense, mellow and contemporary. Each music types is linked […]

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Reaching young audiences through music streaming

In this article, professor David Gelernter discusses the importance of bringing classical music culture to young students at school. He suggests creating an educational software to accompany streamed classical music. […]

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Is music streaming more popular than other listening methods?

According to statistics from La Presse, streaming is indeed the most popular method for listening to music. For the first time, music streaming generates more revenue than CD sales. Perhaps […]

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Female conductors

To correct the gender gap in the field of orchestral conduting, Morley College in London has created a class where young women are taught how to lead an orchestra. They […]

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The band The Eagles forbids mobile phones at their concerts

While classical concerts develop applications such as LiveNote and digital program notes, somes bands such as The Eagles forbid mobile phone use during their concerts. With this gesture, it is […]

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Art for art return

Journalist Wendy Earle takes a stand about the popular cultural politics of democratization that encourages inclusiveness in contemporary artistic production. According to him, this perspective has the potential to damage […]

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From last minutes plane tickets to last minute concert tickets

A sexagenarian man spent a night in prison because he sat in an empty seat more expensive than the one he paid for while attending the Le Fantôme de l’Opéra premiere at […]

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Does what we see affect our auditory aesthetic judgments?

Writer and Médecine des arts founder Doctor Arcier is asking just this question. Is it not difficult to close your eyes in order to base aesthetic jugements on music and nothing […]

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Wigmore hall designed for digital age

Based in London, Wigmore Hall will now have backstage areas so that audience will can attend concert rehearsals. Moreover, free internet access in these areas means live concert streaming. To […]

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How ethnically diverse is the symphony orchestra?

Journalists Brian Wise and Naomi Lewin brought up an interesting statistic about orchestra musicians: the percentage of African-Americans and Latinos in the League of American Orchestras is less than 4%. […]

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