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IDAGIO is a streaming service specializing in classical music, with both free and paid tiers. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.

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History

IDAGIO was founded in 2015 by Till Janczukowicz, a former artist manager, and Christoph Lange, who previously founded the German streaming company Simfy. [1] Janczukowicz has said that his aim is "to offer the ultimate streaming service for classical music worldwide." [2] IDAGIO officially started its streaming app for iOS at the Salzburg Festival in 2015. [3]

IDAGIO added the Sony Classical catalogue in December 2017 [4] and the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue (comprising also the Decca, Philips and ECM labels) in January 2018. [5] In April 2018 it announced a partnership with Warner Classics, bringing the entire Warner Classics and Erato catalogues to the platform. [6]

In September 2018, following a €10 million funding round, the service launched in North America. [7] Labels from the Outhere Music Group (including Alpha, Phi, Aeon and Ricercar) were added to the service in April 2019. [8]

In November 2019, IDAGIO was named one of Time Magazine's 2019 Best Inventions. [9]

Exclusive content

Several recordings have been available exclusively for streaming on IDAGIO. [10] [11] [12]

In January 2020, IDAGIO reached an exclusive streaming agreement with violinist Maxim Vengerov. [13] [14]

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References

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  5. ↑ "Slipped Disc | Just in: DG teams up with Idagio streaming" . Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  6. ↑ "Warner Classics Signs Deal With IDAGIO Classical Streaming Service". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  7. ↑ "Classical Streaming Service IDAGIO Launches in U.S. & Canada Following $11.7M Funding Round". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  8. ↑ "Outhere Music Group and IDAGIO announce partnership". Rhinegold. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  9. ↑ "TIME | Best Inventions - Idagio" . Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  10. ↑ Jolly, James (March 2018). "Online Concert Review". Gramophone: 113 – via reader.exacteditions.com/issues/61960/page/121?term=IDAGIO+thielemann.
  11. ↑ Distler, Jed (May 2019). "Archive Concert Review". Gramophone: 118 – via reader.exacteditions.com/issues/80746/page/126.
  12. ↑ Quantrill, Peter (January 2019). "Online Concert (Audio) Review". Gramophone: 114 – via reader.exacteditions.com/issues/73198/page/122?term=IDAGIO+flor_.
  13. ↑ "Slipped Disk | Vengerov Releases on Streaming" . Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  14. ↑ "Musically | Streaming Exclusives arent dead" . Retrieved 2020-02-10.
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