Lausanne cuts subsidies for the Sinfonietta
The City of Lausanne is reducing its contribution to the Sinfonietta from CHF 595,000 to CHF 445,000 in 2019. Further cuts are already planned. A petition with 30,000 signatures was unable to prevent the decision.
According to the media in French-speaking Switzerland, a further CHF 100,000 will be cut in 2020. The city justifies the cut with the fact that it practically has to pay the public contributions to the ensemble on its own. It would like to make the canton more responsible. The canton currently contributes CHF 115,000 to the Sinfonietta's budget. The Sinfonietta has campaigned against the cuts with a petition that was co-signed by 30,000 people.
The Sinfonietta de Lausanne was founded in 1981 by Jean-Marc Grob as the Orchestre des Rencontres Musicales (ORM). It was led by Alexander Mayer from 2013 to 2017. Since 2017, the artistic director has been David Reiland.
