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The DIY Careers of Young Classical Musicians in Neoliberal Times

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  • cris.virtual.department
    University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
    University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
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    0000-0002-9649-9525
    0000-0003-4291-9798
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  • dc.contributor.author
    Reitsamer, Rosa
    Prokop, Rainer
  • dc.date.accessioned
    2024-05-28T16:40:41Z
  • dc.date.available
    2024-05-28T16:40:41Z
  • dc.date.issued
    2023
  • dc.date.publishedOnline
    2023-05-31
  • dc.description.abstract
    This article seeks to deepen our understanding of the do-it-yourself (DIY) careers of a younger generation of classically trained musicians in the context of the neoliberal transformation of higher music education and music labour markets. Drawing on 46 interviews with white middle-class students and graduates of the three public, state-funded higher music education institutions in Austria, we examine how these artists seek to advance their careers as orchestral musicians, soloists or chamber musicians and manage the entrepreneurialism, competitiveness and precariousness that underpin the classical music labour market. Our study shows that the musicians cultivate an entrepreneurial ethos, but also adopt alternative cultural practices that promote collectivity, solidarity and care for one another. In these processes, the DIY ethos takes on a double meaning: It is adapted by the young musicians to neoliberal rationality, while also being fundamental for initiating, organising and managing small DIY music projects, festivals and cultural initiatives.
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  • dc.identifier.doi
    10.1177/27538702231174197
  • dc.identifier.uri
    https://dspace.mdw.ac.at/handle/123456789/7016
  • dc.language.iso
    en
  • dc.relation.journal
    DIY, Alternatives Cultures, & Society
  • dc.rights.license
    CC-BY-4.0
  • dc.title
    The DIY Careers of Young Classical Musicians in Neoliberal Times
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  • mdwlis.institutionalBibliography.citation
    Reitsamer, Rosa; Prokop, Rainer: The DIY Careers of Young Classical Musicians in Neoliberal Times. In: DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society Vol. 1. H 2, S. 111-124 [online verfügbar: https://doi.org/10.1177/27538702231174197].
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    erstveröffentlichte Beiträge in sonstigen wissenschaftlichen Fachzeitschriften
  • mdwlis.institutionalBibliography.subject
    Soziologie
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    504
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    5040
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    10034
  • mdwlis.institutionalBibliography.year
    2023
  • mdwlis.mdwonline.identifier
    97952
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    Ja, mdw wird im Kontext der Publikation genannt
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    veröffentlicht
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    124
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    2
  • oaire.citation.startPage
    111
  • oaire.citation.volume
    1
  • oairecerif.author.affiliation
    University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
    University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna