Still, *nowhere near* sports salaries. From Forbes magazine, Jan. 22, 2001
[Top salaries for U.S. music directors. Note that these figures are for
one position only while the conductors named here all have additional
gainful employment.]
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera, $1,857,000
Kurt Masur, NY Philharmonic, $1,510,868
Michael Tilson Thomas, SF Symphony, $1,283,644
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philadelphia Orchestra, $1,123,000
Leonard Slatkin, National Symphony, $1,074,544
Christoph von Dohnanyi, Cleveland Orchestra, $1,035,348
Mariss Jansons, Pittsburg Symphony, $942,417
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony, $695,427
Johannes Vonk, St. Louis Symphony, $531,536
Janos Gereben/SF
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