Russia publishes cultural rich list
mainThe Ministry of Culture has issued its annual list of arts millionaires, based on public salaries and tax returns for official positions.
There are four conductors among the top ten:
1. Igor Pogrebinsky, deputy director of the Pushkin Museum – 229,804,330 rubles ($3.5 million)
*2. Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre – 130,216,902 rubles ($1.96 million)
*3. Yuri Temirkanov, artistic director of St. Petersburg Philharmonic – 74,491,119 rubles ($1.1m)
4. Oleg Tabakov, artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater – 70,114,277 rubles.
*5. Vladimir Spivakov, president “House of Music” – 65,367,548 rubles ($1m)
6. Zadorozhnyy Vadim, director of Museum-Estate Arkhangelsk – 37,677,906 rubles.
7. Sergei Filin, deputy director of Rossiya state folk dance ensemble – 30,407,530 rubles.
*8. Vladimir Jurowski, artistic director of Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra – 29,116,182 rubles ($450,000)
9. Svetlana Melnikova, CEO of Suzdal museum – 26,178,674 rubles.
10. Lev Dodin, artistic director of the Maly Drama Theatre – – 26,499,621 rubles.
And how are they defining “millionaire”? 1 million rubles (?) which is about 13,500 euros?
Gergiev deserves to be higher than that, he is a true artist.
That’s a double wicked kind of humor. Funny-funny.
http://www.classicalite.com/articles/2220/20130802/forbes-lists-valery-gergiev-16-5-million-year-russias-highest.htm
And the poor man still cannot afford a full length baton!!!!!
Or shaving cream.
He doesn’t need to buy batons, he gets them free of charge from Daniel Barenboim (watch from 9:50 to about 10:02).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pni_ca_Ao4
If by “they” you mean the Russian Ministry of Culture, they don’t refer to them as millionaires. The individuals Norman describes as millionaires are part of a list containing “Data on income, property and property obligations” that is published (yearly?) as part of a 2008 anti-corruption law.
http://mkrf.ru/deyatelnost/anticorruption/list.php?SECTION_ID=19663
Not surprisingly, the well-connected “billionaire” cellist is conspicuously absent from this list.