Directori Catalan! - Catalan! Arts

Some 92% of Catalans regularly listen
to music and 31% went to a concert in
the last year, according to data from the
2011 Barometer of Communication and
Culture for the population aged over 14.
With respect to music in Catalan, consumption
increased by 3%, especially
over the radio, while concert attendance
fell by almost 12%. The data from
this survey also show that the typical
music lover and concert goer is young,
aged 20 to 24, employed, middle-class,
bilingual, with a higher education and
living in a mid-sized city in the regions
of Barcelona or Tarragona.
The analysis indicates that there was a
significant 3.6% increase in Catalans
listening to music every day: from
51.6% in 2010 to 55.2% in 2011.
Furthermore, some 25% (2.1% fewer)
listened to music more than once a
week and 7.5% (1.2% more) listened at
least once every seven days.
The radio is the main source for listening
to music; the style is still most frequently
pop rock, with around 70%, albeit
with a drop of 0.7%. There was also
a 3% drop in consumption of melodic
and singer-songwriter music, which
maintained its second place in order of
preference with 40%. By contrast, there
were increases in the consumption of
classical music, from 20.3% to 22.9%,
electronic music (15.2% to 16.6%),
jazz, blues and country (from 14% to
15.9%), folk and ethnic music (12.7%
to 15.7%, the biggest percentage
increase in all music genres), alternative
music (from 11% to 11.4%), hip-hop
(from 10.1% to 10.4%) and soul-funk
(from 9.1% to 10.9%). However, salsa
and Latin music and Flamenco dropped
by 2%, with a smaller drop in rock and
heavy metal.
The language in which music is most
commonly consumed in Catalonia continues
to be Spanish (52.2%), despite a
6% drop compared to 2010, followed
by English and other languages (42%),
which rose 6.1%, while Catalan music
saw a 3% increase in listeners from
9.7% to 12.4%, a minority figure but
one that has increased three-fold in four
years.
The study is particularly striking where it
establishes Catalan music consumption
in the last year at a decisive 91.9%, 3%
higher than in 2010. This variable heads
the list above books read (60.5%), cinema
goers (35.2%) or visits to exhibitions
(32%). In fifth place was concert-going,
with 31% of Catalans going to a live
concert in 2011.
Text taken from the Anuari 2012 de la Música.
Adapted for this booklet by Catalan!
Arts, with the kind authorisation of Grup
Enderrock and ARC.