Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – In 2025, there were 12.632 concerts in 1.157 Italian municipalities, involving 2,5 million spectators. These are the most significant data highlighted by the AIAM 2025 Report, entitled "The Value of Public Investment," presented this morning in the Spadolini Hall of the Ministry of Culture. Now in its fourth edition, the research, promoted by the Italian Association of Musical Activities (AIAM), details the cultural and economic impact of its national network, demonstrating with certified data that state support is not an expense, but a high-return investment for the entire community, with a strong economic and social impact.
"Our network," explained Aiam President Francescantonio Pollice, "covers 44,02% of the classical music and jazz concerts surveyed by SIAE in Italy and employs 54.186 workers in the sector, generating a total of over €80,7 million in wages, 69,59% of which goes directly to the artists."
Furthermore, the AIAM institutions returned 23,8 million euros to the State in the form of taxes and social security contributions, an amount even higher than the contribution received”.
"This year too," Pollice continued, "we are proud to say that we are able to multiply the resources made available to us. Against an allocation of approximately €23,5 million from the National Fund for Live Entertainment (FNSV), the network has attracted additional public and private resources, generating total revenues exceeding €135 million.
The work of our members was and remains a powerful economic driver. Not to mention our international presence: 298 concerts organized in 149 cities, reaching 51 countries across all continents.
“The report,” Pollice emphasized, “demonstrates once again that our organizational model is among the most efficient, because we drastically reduce our overheads to allocate every available resource to artistic work, guaranteeing a very accessible average ticket price (10,80 euros) and thus countering cultural inequalities across the territory, being equally distributed from North to South.
However, the data we collected reaffirms the need to promote cultural policies based on proximity and continuity of offerings, capable of rebalancing the gap between large urban centers, inland areas, and suburbs, valorizing music as a fundamental national public good. Music becomes a public good only when every person has the concrete opportunity to encounter it. Enforcing this right is the mission of the musical institutions that AIAM unites and represents,” concludes Pollice.
Going into greater detail, the 253 member institutions are strategically distributed throughout Italy: 105 in the North, 56 in Central Italy, 60 in the South, and 32 on the Islands. Of the total public revenue of over €80 million, the Regions remain the sector's main supporter, accounting for 41,56% of funding (€33.322.842,72), followed by the National Fund for Live Entertainment (FNSV) (29,31%), municipalities, and other state funds. The flow of public funding favors the North with 36,70% of resources, followed by the Islands with 29,06%, Central Italy with 21,37%, and the South with 12,87%.
The largest source of private revenue is direct spending by citizens (tickets and season tickets), amounting to a whopping €20.826.350,25. This figure represents 15,41% of total revenue (up from 15,19% the previous year). The remaining private sector is supported by corporate sponsorships and contributions (19,25%), private contributions (17,38%), Art Bonus (13,66%), and grants from banking foundations (11,84%).
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