The music branch can boast of strong institutions of its own that have developed and consolidated over the last decade. The annual Music Hungary conferences, the ProArt Music Industry Reports and the statistics of the Mahasz (Hungarian Record Industry Association) provide detailed and up-to-date overviews of the sector.
Concert life is catching up after the interruption caused by the pandemic, but the number of live performances in 2022 still reached 80% only of the 2019 figure. Nearly twenty thousand new compositions were registered in 2022 (3% labelled as “classical” music); two thirds brought in less than one euro in royalties.
Table 3: Sales of recorded music, 2018-2020
|
|
2018 |
2020 |
2023 |
|
Physical sales (vinyl, cd etc.) |
1.43 |
1.31 |
1.83 |
|
Digital sales (streaming, downloads etc.) |
2.15 |
4.15 |
7.51 |
Source: https://www.mahasz.hu/piaci_adatok
Table 4: Composition of digital sales in 2023
|
Digital Sales |
International |
Domestic |
Classical |
Not musical content |
Total |
|
Single |
48% |
45% |
6% |
0% |
100% |
|
Album |
29% |
10% |
26% |
35% |
100% |
|
Video |
15% |
85% |
0% |
0% |
100% |
|
All downloads |
40% |
34% |
13% |
13% |
100% |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Digital content |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mobile phone |
98% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
100% |
|
Subscription audio |
76% |
22% |
1% |
0% |
100% |
|
Avertisement based |
73% |
25% |
1% |
0% |
100% |
|
Video |
41% |
56% |
2% |
1% |
100% |
|
All streaming |
67% |
31% |
2% |
0% |
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All digital sales |
67% |
31% |
2% |
0% |
100% |
Source: https://www.mahasz.hu/piaci_adatok
Classical music occupies strong position in cultural policies. 16 symphony orchestras receive regular public support. Care is taken about the condition of national and local concert halls and over 3000 pianos of orchestras, concert halls and music schools have been lately restored from public funds.
The House of Hungarian Music in the Budapest City Park opened in a futuristic building in 2022. Besides its concert hall it houses an attractive exhibition and facilities for meetings and research.
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