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Sunday Feature: Global Classical Music - A New World Symphony

Sunday Feature: Global Classical Music - A New World Symphony: Episode 3: Education - 30 Million Young Pianists

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Episode 3: Education - 30 Million Young Pianists

Global Classical Music - A New World Symphony

Education - 30 Million Young Pianists

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Global Classical Music - A New World Symphony, Education - 30 Million Young Pianists

The impact and effectiveness of education in sustaining the growth in classical music.

Petroc Trelawny measures the impact and effectiveness of education in sustaining and nurturing the massive growth in western classical music.

From the much heralded success of El Sistema in South America to the overwhelming numbers of Chinese instrumentalists and the new projects in India and the Middle East, everyone agrees that the sustained growth of Classical music around the world depends on Education. In the final programme of the series looking at the new classical music world order Petroc Trelawny explores the different approaches to music and finds that one size does not fit all.

He talks to Chinese teachers and performers about the technical brilliance being achieved but the desire to develop a sense of ensemble and performance; he visits new schools in India, where the systems and notations of classical music are being harnessed to work alongside the powerful Indian musical traditions and the industrial production requirements of Bollywood, and he assesses the lasting impact of Venezuela's El Sistema and its impact elsewhere in South America.

Thus far the very highest levels of musical ambition still require students to head back to the heartland of the Western Classical tradition. Academies and Conservatoires in Britain, America, Germany and Russia are luring ambitious musicians from across the globe. A significant change in recent years is the number who then return home to share the skills they've developed and to encourage a new self-confidence and maturity. 

But, as Petroc discovers, there's another more pressing concern for those passionate about classical music and that's the less straightforward education of audiences. 

Producer: Tom Alban.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Petroc Trelawny on the impact of the new global enthusiasm for western classical music

Petroc Trelawny sets out to measure the impact of the new global enthusiasm for western classical music, asking if it is genuine or a short cut to improved international esteem.

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