DR has decided to increase the ticket purchase fee by DKK 10 to DKK 30. This means that tickets for the coming season will cost DKK 60 each.
It is important to the board that there was no financial impact when the Friends were more formally separated from DR. We were promised this when it happened last year.
We have been in contact with DR in connection with the announced fee increase, and fortunately this is not the reason for the increase either. DR is increasing the fee for all tickets (and tours) by DKK 10. Some people will have already experienced this if they've been to the concerts themselves. Compared to concert events elsewhere, even after the increase in DR, the fee is on the lower end.
DR's reasoning is the general price increases and that the fee has not changed since 2011. "It's clear that the increase has a relatively higher impact on our tickets, because they are much cheaper than the tickets for the regular concerts.
However, it is important for both DR and the Friends that the fee fully covers the costs of our participation in the rehearsals. Otherwise, we'll both get in trouble with the authorities. And then again, DKK 60 is still cheap to hear the music and singing in the Concert Hall.