Just in: Bolshoi issues $5 million contract to conductor
OrchestrasRussian websites have uncovered a new contract for an unnamed conductor at the Bolshoi.
The contract, running from from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029, is worth one million rubles a year,. At present exchange rates that is $4,894,654.49 over the five-year term.
The contract requires The Conductor’s participation in rehearsals, premiere performances and performances of the current repertoire, concerts on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre, as well as in tours, off-site and other events in the Russian Federation and abroad.
The director of the Bolshoi is the conductor Valery Gergiev, a close associate of president Putin.
Curious how much the top European orchestras pay their MDs…
1 million rubles is about 10,000 USD. Total is therefore about 50,000 USD over 5 years
500,000,000.00 Russian Rubles =
4,877,471.78 US Dollars
500,000,000 is 500 million, if I am doing my job right. 5,000,000 would be 5 million. IMHO Ade is correct
So Gergiev will receive 100 million roubles a year, not 1 million, as stated above.