Danes cancel concerts for lack of cash
OrchestrasThe Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen has cancelled concerts for the rest of 2024 in ‘a final attempt to secure the ensemble’s survival’.
Founded in 1990, Athelas has been a beacon of contemporary music, Danish and international.
The Danish government has reduced 2024-27 arts budgets and the ensemble has been refused a special grant to see it through.
Has ACE Dementia Syndrome crossed the North Sea?
The Danish with their calvinist world view have never accepted the fact that arts and culture form an integral part of society.
So, even when the DK taxman is hauling in mega-bucks with the success of Ozempic, and they have more money available than ever before, they still pretend they have no money for the arts.
Typical small minded calvinst approach where anything pleasurable is seen as the devil’s work…