Website aims to reveal what artists are paid
mainhttp://www.whopaysartists.com/ is appealing for information.
Inspired by Whopayswriters.com it hopes to lay bare the economic facts in music and other arts.
Most submissions so far are from the visual arts. Nothing classical.
Yet.
A cursory look at the list of submissions, there are mentions of a commission by a Youth Orchestra. And a conductor working on 6 rehearsals, 1 performance for 48 Euros. Your conclusion not quite justified.
Well here’s one for a start….Birmingham Royal Ballet and Rombert Dance company will pay thery new conducting fellow (read assistant/cover conductor) ……nothing…..
http://www.rambert.org.uk/images/upload/jobs/Conducting_Fellowship_7999.pdf
Found this on the website about a composer being paid €250.000 for the commission of a classical music piece in Russia http://www.whopaysartists.com/c4ee38df2d90446aec55962c
And how is the information going to be validated? This site sounds like just another silly gossip site.
Highly descripptive article, I loved that bit.
Will there be a part 2?
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