400 freelance musicians in UK Parliament protest

Unimaginably moving #freelancers #letmusiclive pic.twitter.com/q5D1SAawWp

— Nicola Benedetti (@NickyBenedetti) October 6, 2020

Nicola Benedetti said:

‘Many musicians are facing retraining, many are talking about leaving the country. That’s not just fabrication, that’s a real-life situation that we don’t want to see happen. This is not just about saying we want hand-outs, it’s about everybody talking and finding a way out of this that is safe, but that looks to preserve music [and] performance long-term.’

Violinist @NickyBenedetti says there is a real risk freelance musicians might leave the profession or move abroad in search of work if more support isn’t provided to them. She attended a demonstration in London calling on more financial help for self-employed performers. Vid @PA pic.twitter.com/SatPuM16h9

— Elspeth Keep (@EKeep) October 6, 2020

And in Birmingham: