- event type:Classical:NEXT 15 conference
- date:22 May 2015
- time:12:00 - 12:45
- city/area:Rotterdam
- venue:de Doelen Concert Hall
- country:Netherlands
- event posted by:Classical:NEXT
Chaired by:
Tim Kotowich (US/Germany)
Partner, MusiConsult
With:
Elena Park (US)
Supervising producer, Live in HD, Metropolitan Opera
Christian Schaaf (Germany)
Managing director, Klassik.TV
Robert Zimmermann (Germany)
Managing director, Digital Concert Hall, Berlin Philharmonic
That more and more classical music listeners and viewers are using music streaming services comes as no surprise. A January 12 article on the Bloomberg Business website reported Spotify has announced they now have more than 60 million active users, with 15 million paying subscribers, which underlines how mainstream (excuse the pun), streaming services have become. In addition to the services from Google Play, including You Tube, to Deezer, which offer many musical genres, several initiatives specifically focus on classical music, including, among others, DG Discovery, Composed (a partnership between Decca and Classic FM), Qobuz (which works with Gramophone magazine) and Naxos Music Library. Simultaneously, broadcasters and venues are entering the fray with their own streaming services.
This converging and highly-competitive distribution channel raises a number of challenges and issues for classical music stakeholders, from artists to listeners of recordings and live performance audiences, and all parties between, including concert venues, labels, broadcasters and physical distributors.
This session will explore some of these challenges and issues, including:
As broadband and mobile technology evolves, will classical consumers place greater emphasis on video rather than only audio?
Can a digital concert hall offering their artistic output co-exist with platforms offering larger ranges and multiple sources of repertoire?
Can broadcasters’ programming thrive in a world of individual and shared playlists?
Biographies
Tim Kotowich:
Partner at MusiConsult and based in Munich, Timothy Kotowich has a background which includes roles at Warner Music in Italy and Germany, Managing Director positions at independent labels and performance experience on 3 continents. Timothy holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music and an MBA from INSEAD.
Elena Park:
Elena Park is a Supervising Producer of the Met's Live in HD series, seen in 70 countries, and an Executive Producer of its international radio broadcasts. She is developing a podcast series featuring Silicon Valley leaders, and will curate talks for the National Sawdust, a new music venue opening in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Christian Schaaf:
After studying music science and philosophy at Zurich University, Christian, age 23, started ballet training which led to an unexpected soloist career in major ballet companies. Working as an art director in event business for more than a decade, he founded a Berlin-based TV-company and finally in 2011, he launched Klassik.TV.
Robert Zimmermann:
Robert Zimmermann is CEO of Berlin Phil Media and initiator of the Digital Concert Hall. In this unprecedented online concert venue, concerts of the Berliner Philharmoniker are broadcast live online and later become available within a video archive. This archive already boasts more than 300 concerts from seven seasons.
Photos: Tim Kotowich, by Jacqueline Rhein; Elena Park, by Haley Rothman; Robert Zimmmerman, by Peter Adamik.