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National productions continue to make up a large part of the German longplay charts – most recently it was 58 % of the Top 100. International productions are becoming more popular again.

In 2019 and 2020, national productions dominated the German singles charts. In 2021, international productions became more popular again.

Pop music achieved the largest share of music industry's turnover in 2021, though significantly less than in the noughties. The hip-hop and rock genres were also strong in terms of turnover.

The COVID-19 pandemic broke out during the 2019-20 season. With approximately 7,200 concerts and 3.9 million visits, the orchestras' event figures were correspondingly lower.

The pandemic impact is visible in event and attendance figures of the 2019-20 season. In total, there were 7,900 opera, operetta, musical and dance performances with 4.8 million visits.

In the 2019-20 season, the theatres had more than 16,000 permanent artistic employees in singing, dance, choir and orchestra, as well as in artistic management and non-performing areas.

The total expenses of publicly financed theatres in Germany amounted to more than 3.4 billion euros in 2019. Almost three quarters of the expenditure was for staff.

Public music schools had more than 1.4 million pupils in the calendar year 2020. Particularly in the pre-school and primary school age groups, pupil numbers declined in the first pandemic year.

Public music schools offer a variety of instrumental and vocal subjects. Piano, guitar, violin, recorder, percussion and flute have the highest numbers of pupils.

With almost 6,200 schools and 5,100 kindergartens, most of the cooperation partners of public music schools are educational institutions. Many music clubs are also partners.

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, Michael Custodis reflects on the political content and politicisation of music.

Holger Noltze discusses how the availability of musical art on the internet is changing the modes of aesthetic perception and argues for a curation of digital offerings.

IAMIC, an international network of music information centres, has existed since 1986. John Davis, former IAMIC Vice President, gives an overview of the development and goals of the organisation.

Freelance music professionals in the KSK social insurance expect an annual income of 14,191 euros in 2022. Prognoses are higher than in the previous year, but do not yet reach pre-pandemic level.

What challenges does IAMIC face today? And what are the expectations for the conference in Bonn? IAMIC president Diana Marsh and Stephan Schulmeistrat in an interview with ‘neue musikzeitung’.

Instrumental and orchestral music, music teaching and musicology are the most popular subjects. In total, the degree programmes for music professions have more than 33,000 enrolments.