Working relations in music: the sestabilization of the hamony

Author(s)

Dilma Fabri Marão Pichoneri

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Educação
• Defense date: 2011-01-07

Examining board members

Liliana Rolfsen Petrilli Segnini; Jordão Horta Nunes; Juliana Marilia Coli; Aparecida Neri de Souza; Selma Borghi Venco

• Advisor: Liliana Rolfsen Petrilli Segnini

Abstract

The objective of this study is to research the labor relations in the field of arts, in order to understand the changes of forms and conditions of orchestra musicians' work organization, in the context of changes in the wage society. The restructuring process of the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo (TMSP), taking the Municipal Symphonic Orchestra (OrquestraSinfônica Municipal - OSM) as an object of study, constitutes our research field. The orchestra is one among the five permanent bodies in the theater and it represents one of the artistic groups which, unlike the others, earned social rights related to work in the recent past (CASTEL, 1998). It is known that this is an exception in the world of arts. The singularity of this professional group is its historical attachment to unstable kinds of working bonds. The guiding hypothesis to this research is that in the last twenty years there has been a significant loss of rights by these workers, and this loss has being induced by the State itself. Thus, it is possible to observe how the market logic of neoliberal politics suits this sector. Inside this spectrum, we considered the forms of funding which support these professionals, the laws which determine their organization, the changes of employment contracts, and the social entanglements the musicians may face, including the ones related to their qualifications. The gender relations were also taken into account in this research. In-depth interviews were used as a research tool, in form of oral reports and concise life stories, to understand the diverse work dimensions of this particular group of professionals. (AU)