In her recent piece for VAN Magazin, Swiss music educator and communicator Barbara Balba Weber sketches an exit strategy from the corrupted business of classical music. As she describes and analyses her change of profession, leaving behind the feudal gatekeeping system of concert halls, festivals, and music universities for a decent teaching position in a small alpine village, the author presents her personal letter of resignation from a system that has outlived itself as a cultural practice and means of artistic identification. I, for one, can relate to these feelings very strongly, and felt much inspired by this article.
»Classical music has been heavily guarded for centuries.«
»Classical music is designed so that people stay with their own kind.«