The Osesp's (São Paulo Symphony Orchestra) restructuring: from John Neschling's entrance to Osesp foundation - 1997 to 2008

• Grant number: 13/05071-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2013
• End date: May 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology - Other specific Sociologies
• Principal Investigator: Marcia Cristina Consolim
• Grantee: Gabriela Gasparotto Souza
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project intends to focus on the restructuring of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2008. It is, more specifically, to study the social construction of the work's value, as would say Pierre Bourdieu. This means assuming that the proper cultural and symbolic value of an orchestra is not in his repertoire, but in gaining technical expertise and a reputation in the market of concert music. Which factors (and actors) were important in this process of recovery and recognition that transcends artistic production? In the case of OSESP, I argue that the confluence of political, economic and aesthetic interests allowed that an orchestra once Midsize became a great institution, recognized by peers, by critics and the wider public. (AU)