So what do concertmasters make? A bit less than they used to…

So what do concertmasters make? A bit less than they used to…

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norman lebrecht

June 23, 2016

In the latest segment of his survey of US orchestra wages for 2013/14, Drew McManus has reached the front seat.

Apparently concertmasters are the only group to lose out. They are down 0.19% year on year.

Still, it’s not that bad. Five concertmasters are making a cool half-million bucks:
1 New York Philharmonic:    $615,924

2 San Francisco Symphony: $563,745

3 Los Angeles Philharmonic: $554,209

4 Chicago Symphony: $549,794

5 Cleveland Orchestra: $503,573   ….. full list here.

The NY Phil concertmaster in the year concerned was the retiring Glenn Dicterow. Frank Huang (pictured), who has recently transferred from Houston (under $300k) to the New York seat, will be smiling all the way to the bank.

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