First Birmingham, now Glasgow: Orchestra loses its city subsidy

First Birmingham, now Glasgow: Orchestra loses its city subsidy

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

February 26, 2024

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has been told it will lose £50,000 a year over each of the next three years as a result of ‘severe’ Glasgow Council funding cuts.

The orchestra says it will reduce the number of performances at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Unlike Birmingham, where blame can be shared between a bankrupt local council and an indifferent Government in London, Glasgow has only Scottish culprits for its plight – the city council and the devolved Government in Edinburgh.

Who’s next?

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