Jaap’s orchestra cashes in $6 million
mainThe Swire Group, principal patron of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for the past 15 years, has opened another term of sponsorship in the troubled city with a US $6 million gift.
The press release states: Maestro van Zweden, the HK Phil and Swire share the same passion for giving fine music to all and promoting an integrated society through music.
Swire is a colonial and post-colonial British trading company. Jaap Van Zweden has been the world’s highest paid conductor.
All these conductors are overpaid. There can’t be a more overrated job in all music than that of conductor. Why they get these huge payments is beyond me.
Some, not all…..