Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Classical music dying?

Some interesting thoughts on what ails classical music from Peter Dobrin:

"But if what we're talking about here is not a crisis in interest in classical music, but a crisis in what the public is willing to pay for that interest, orchestras nationally need to change the dialogue.Our ticket buyers are affluent, orchestras say. Some are, some aren't. But the relevant question today is not what people are able to pay, but what they're willing to pay."

Read the rest here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good article. I agree tickets are too high for most people.