La Musique est morte

This is priceless. Three quarters of the way down an interesting (but totally unsurprising) piece about the exodus of talented academics out of France and to the US, we get this nugget:  

The brain drain in French academia has been observed in other arenas, as well. The field of musical composition, for example has been hurt by the trend, and composers are few, training offers scarce and jobs rare. “We are in the process of killing contemporary music in France,” said an unidentified composer cited in the report.

C'est pas vrais.