Musicians' Attitudes Towards Concert Activities in the First Year of the Pandemic: Belgrade Context

Authors

  • Biljana Milanović Institute of Musicology, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

Keywords:

coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), musicians, concert, online concert, concert life

Abstract

This paper is based on the intersection of studies of performing arts, music and digital media in the field of musicology, which I connected with empirical research of professional musicians' attitudes towards Belgrade concert life in art music in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The research was conducted on the basis of a survey in which fifteen concert musicians participated. Given the appropriate theoretical perspective, the considerations are contextualized with respect to global changes of concert life.

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Published

30.12.2021

How to Cite

“Musicians’ Attitudes Towards Concert Activities in the First Year of the Pandemic: Belgrade Context”. 2021. MUZIKOLOGIJA-MUSICOLOGY, no. 31 (December): 231-56. https://muzikologija-musicology.com/index.php/MM/article/view/14.

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