Following up on the results of the 2022 Survey, this year's questionnaires looks at the situation of the Early Music after facing the series of challenges of the past years. Pandemics, war, climate change, digital innovations, inflation... What defines early music professionals today? How do they navigate the delicate balance between artistic creation, heritage preservation, and the practical demands of concert production—all while facing the pressing societal and environmental challenges of our time? Thanks to the participation of around 80 organisations across 17 countries—most of which REMA members—this study reflects a broad and dynamic range of voices from ensembles, festivals, concert halls, and other organisations operating in early music.

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In 2023, the aim of the Studies was to draw up a picture of what early music represents for the individuals who practise it - in short, to seek a definition of early music as an experience. Twenty people involved in early music (musicologists, journalists, music critics, label directors, teachers, artists, instrument makers, programmers and researchers) were interviewed. The result is a three-part investigation that looks at early music from the angle of individual experience, but also typing different paradigms: what are its cornerstones, its perspectives, and its vanishing points? What individual and collective dynamics are at play in the study, research, practice, and appreciation of Early Music? What relationships to time, space, the world, oneself and others does Early Music bring?

This first study was related to activities from 2019-2021. It targeted promoters as they were the core of REMA’s membership during the years surveyed. The results can be seen as a photography of the state of programming, in 5 parts: Artistic programming, Finances, Audiences, Digital practices and Social and green responsibility. It took the effects of the covid crisis into account, using 2019 as a reference year, and documented the level of recovery of the sector from that crisis. This survey was done in cooperation with Henallux, Haute Ecole de Namur Liège Luxembourg, and its laboratory Fors.