London's Wigmore Hall quits 'crippling' funding system
Source: BBC
Ian YoungsCulture reporterGetty ImagesWigmore Hall is celebrating its 125th anniversary this yearOne of London's most prestigious classical music venues has pulled out of England's cultural subsidy scheme because of "crippling" red tape and a controversial strategy that is seen as failing to prioritise artistic excellence.Wigmore Hall will stop taking funding from Arts Council England, which gave it £344,000 of…
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