Highest Paid
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https://slippedisc.com/2020/07/the-highest-paid-maestro-of-them-all/
Drew McManus has reached phase 2 of his annual survey of US orchestral wage bills, as posted in their tax returns.
The tax year is 2017/18 and this is the league table for maestro remuneration:
1 Chicago Symphony: $3,527,730
2 San Francisco Symphony: $2,203,185
3 Los Angeles Philharmonic: $2,130,895
4 Dallas Symphony: $1,894,129
5 Cleveland Orchestra: $1,698,759
6 New York Philharmonic: $1,660,299
7 Philadelphia Orchestra: $1,380,667
8 Boston Symphony: $1,199,866
9 Saint Louis Symphony: $1,020,638
10 Baltimore Symphony: $926,562In personal terms that reads:
1 Muti
2 Tilson Thomas
3 Dudamel
4 Van Zweden
5 Welser-Möst
6 Van Zweden
7 Yannick
8 Nelsons
9 Robertson
10 AlsopRiccardo Muti was the big winner with a 29.86 percent wage hike, posted as $2,264,240 in payments as an independent contractor and $1,263,490 as an employee.
But watch Van Zweden taking two pay packets from Dallas and NY: he’s not far behind. And Yannick’s Philly wage has to be added to his still-undisclosed salary from the Met. These three are the major earners.
Dudamel broke the $2 million barrier for the first time. In Cleveland, FW-M won a 28 percent increase.
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