Pianist Joanna MacGregor thinks she knows what ails classical music. “There is a certain exclusivity in classical music which has been very detrimental,” says MacGregor. “People are made to feel that, if they want to be part of the classical world, they are not allowed to like anything else. Ironically, composers themselves – classical composers, let alone contem porary ones – invariably have a great love of many different kinds of music. Classical music turned into a club, and then found it had a dwindling membership.”