12. New Concerns in Musical Art Pedagogy Necessary Guidelines for 21St Century Artists

Abstract

Abstract In the context of the world’s new order in music, artists search, negotiate, sell, and justify their importance through the power of their art and through the skill with which they attract attention to themselves. We hear ever more often of approaches to new artistic products, conventional and unconventional repertoires, to preserving and encouraging tradition or finding new ways of artistic survival, by bringing creation closer to the (increasingly limited) capacity of the uninformed audience to understand classical music works. This paper discusses the necessity to guide art pedagogy towards a new horizon that may increase the degree of relevance that artists evince on the large cultural market. The suggestions we offer stem from the conclusions of several case studies in which the alumni of Romanian conservatories detect certain flaws of their professional training when they seek employment or try to be their own managers after graduation. The material is completed by a set of interviews with managers of cultural institutions which highlight the importance of supporting new guidelines in music pedagogy.