Classical music is at home in the city
People who live in a large city make more use of cultural offerings than people in rural areas. This applies to almost all genres, but especially to classical concerts and art exhibitions.
Compared to residents of rural areas, city dwellers go to classical concerts and art exhibitions more than twice as often. These are the findings of a study conducted by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) as part of the "Cultural Education and Cultural Participation in Germany" project.
To this end, a baseline study was conducted in 2018, in which 2592 people aged 15 and over were surveyed in face-to-face interviews. At the same time, official statistics were used to determine the availability of cultural institutions such as opera houses and cinemas in the municipalities. In towns with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants, the chance of finding a theater or orchestra is almost zero.
Overall, cultural visits are quite rare: Only a portion of the population takes advantage of the cultural offerings surveyed at all, meaning that on average a single visit per year is the norm. People go to the cinema most often: the urban population 4.2 times a year, the rural population 2.7 times a year. For classical concerts and operas, the respective average figures are 1.4 for metropolitan areas and 0.6 for less populated regions.
More info: https://kulturpartizipation.uni-mainz.de
