去年盛夏时节,一位小提琴家感到上臂疼痛。她去看了医生,医生让她休息至少六周。她的经纪人向各大音乐机构传达这一诊断时,引起了大面积恐慌。美国各大音乐厅的新音乐季节目册都得重印,还要一一知会赞助人。乐团经理发疯似地翻动手机屏,试图从联系人名单中找个合适替补,筹款人则不停地给关键捐款人打电话让他们放心。在焦虑和衰落的年代,观众老龄化,艺术家提前三 Last summer season, a violinist felt upper arm pain. She went to the doctor and the doctor let her rest for at least six weeks. When her agent communicated the diagnosis to the major music agencies, she caused widespread panic. The new music season catalogs in all major concert halls in the United States have to be reprinted, and the sponsors will be notified one by one. Orchestra managers frantically flip the phone screen, trying to find a suitable replacement from the contact list, while fundraising people keep calling key donors to reassure them. In the era of anxiety and decline, the audience is aging, the artist three times in advance