{"id":15082,"date":"2024-10-21T13:45:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=15082"},"modified":"2024-10-21T13:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:45:55","slug":"universal-music-group-goes-big-harmonia-mundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2024\/10\/21\/universal-music-group-goes-big-harmonia-mundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Music Group Goes Big on Harmonia Mundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15084\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15084\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/harmonia-mundi.jpg\" alt=\"Harmonia Mundi\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/harmonia-mundi.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/harmonia-mundi-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/harmonia-mundi-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/harmonia-mundi-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harmonia Mundi website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially taken full control of Harmonia Mundi, the classical music label renowned for its top-tier recordings of historically informed performances. Co-founders of [PIAS], Harmonia Munds\u2019s parent company, initially sold UMG a minority stake back in 2021 but have now decided to hand over the remaining shares. Despite the sale, [PIAS] CEO Kenny Gates will stay on, promising the company\u2019s values and indie spirit remain intact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A bit of background: \u00a0<\/strong>Founded in 1958, Harmonia Mundi has an impressive catalogue that spans centuries of music and a star-studded artist roster, including William Christie, Isabelle Faust, and Rapha\u00ebl Pichon. This move is set to boost [PIAS]&#8217;s global distribution power while keeping its independent essence alive. Gates summed it up best: &#8220;I\u2019m selling my shares, not my soul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom line: <\/strong>The boutique classical music community just got a major partner with deep pockets to keep it afloat, and with [PIAS] promising no cultural shake-ups, it could be a win for both sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially taken full control of Harmonia Mundi, the classical music label renowned for its top-tier recordings of historically informed performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[360,270,184,3],"tags":[474,257],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/harmonia-mundi.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15085,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15082\/revisions\/15085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15082"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=15082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}