La Covid-19 et le secteur culturel : l'impact de la crise de la Covid-19 sur le secteur musical classique en Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

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Supervisors

Pirenne, Christophe

Faculty

Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres

Degree label

Master [120] en histoire de l'art et archéologie, orientation musicologie, à finalité spécialisée: musique-musicologie

Abstract

enMidnight, 13th March 2020, marks the start of a long pandemic in which the world and Belgium expect to emerge from in a few weeks. Unfortunately, this is not the case. With the pandemic rapidly spreading, the Belgian authorities decide to drastically contain it as quickly as possible. The first decisions are to bring the country to a halt, which means a large part of different sectors, including the cultural sector, must close their doors. But for how long? Thus, one after the other, major cultural establishments closed their doors, artists now have to organise themselves to continue living and the ESAHR artistic education and higher education establishments are trying to find solutions as quickly as possible to not abandon their students. Nevertheless, the sector has to wait several weeks and make several ‘distress’ calls before the first funding, destined towards certain cultural establishments or certain types of artist profiles, is announced and released by the government. Despite this help, a whole range of artists and institutions cannot benefit from it, or they can only benefit from it under certain conditions. However, this is too much for the cultural sector. While the pandemic starts decrease, some ‘non-essential’ sectors, such as the cultural sector, can reopen. Culture, however, sees itself subjected to different rules that force them to remain closed. Several professionals from the sector and cultural establishments react to this by writing various letters, blank cards, but also organising ‘happenings’ in order to make the politicians understand that the cultural world is really sinking and that is time to make themselves heard. Almost a year after the start of the pandemic, the cultural sector finally starts to reopen, however the economical and psychological damage is considerable. The sector has lost several billions of euros, but thousands of artists can finally emerge from a dark period that will be remembered for a long time. It is now time to get the machines going again and hope for a better future. This thesis, which intends to be a summary of the experiences of classical musicians and establishments in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, is made up of three parts. The first part covers theoretical aspects but also the progress of the pandemic and an overview of different forms of aids provided. The second part, thanks to various interviews conducted, allows us to understand the difficulty in which the classical music sector has been plunged in to. Finally, the third part mentions, on the basis of various documents and interviews, the various impacts of the pandemic as well as various future prospects for the classical cultural sector.

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De Belder, E. (2021). La Covid-19 et le secteur culturel : l’impact de la crise de la Covid-19 sur le secteur musical classique en Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. https://dial-mem.test.bib.ucl.ac.be/handle/2078.2/25948