The 6th Vienna Music Business Research Days 2015 focus on “Financing Music in the Digital Age”. International experts and academics discuss new and alternative revenue sources for the music scene such as music streaming for the classic music business, crowdfunding and business angel funding.
Dagmar Abfalter and Serge Poisson-de Haro are opening the third conference day by answering the question is “Opera Streaming a New Revenue Source?” They will present findings of their joint research project on opera streaming projects of intenational opera houses such as New York City’s MET and Viennese State Opera.
Dagmar Abfalter is a Assistant Professor at the Institute for Cultural Management and Cultural Studies (IKM) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She holds a doctoral degree in Social and Economic Sciences from the University of Innsbruck and an MBA in International Arts Management from ICCM/University of Salzburg. Her major research areas include leadership and strategy in creative and expert environments, experience innovation and new business models as well as other domains of intersection between business and the arts. She currently works on streaming business models for opera and a case study on the Museumsquartier Vienna. Another stream of research deals with qualitative research methodology and innovative research methods. Dagmar has published a book on the construction of success in music theater in German and a range of scientific articles in international peer reviewed journals.
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