Major UK orchestras took a funding hit as Arts Council England
(ACE) announced its long-awaited funding decisions and named the
arts organisations on its new national portfolio. All orchestras,
ballet and opera companies who were previously supported by ACE had
their funding renewed, but the City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic
Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra were among those who
received a funding cut of 11 per cent.
Several orchestras had larger cuts as ACE, which received a 29.6
per cent cut in its grant-in-aid from government, passed on 15 per
cent of cuts to the arts as a whole. The London Sinfonietta and the
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment both saw their ACE funding
cut by 14.9 per cent. English National Opera and the Royal Opera
House also had their funding reduced.
But there were some winners among the established orchestral names.
The Britten Sinfonia saw its core grant increase by £100,000, and
the Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) secured public funding for the
first time in its 37-year-history. It will receive more than
£500,000 between 2012 and 2015. The English Concert and the Aurora
Orchestra also won funding, joining the AAM on the national
portfolio.
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