Sentence examples for conductor fees from inspiring English sources

This catalogue of formidable achievement has not been without complaints – that he has inflated conductor fees beyond sustainable levels (in its way something of a compliment to his negotiating skills as he hasn't employed an agent for the past 40 years), or that he's been high handed with orchestra members.

For, one way and another, conductors' fees have escalated over the years out of all proportion.

Newbanks told me that it is customary for management to take twenty per cent of a soloist's fee and fifteen per cent of a conductor's fee.

In Boston Mr. Levine is paid a certain amount as music director, but most of his compensation comes from performance fees as conductor, so if he misses concerts, he does not get paid as much, Mr. Volpe said.

Lesser conductors nowadays regularly receive fees that are at least 100 times more than those of the musicians they conduct.

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That attention helped us to attract, despite our low fees, top-flight singers, conductors and directors.

The move will save on production costs and fees paid to guest conductors, said David J. Hyslop, the orchestra's interim president and chief operating officer.

That cuts the cost of recording studios, and fees too players, soloists and conductors all get a slice of the royalties.

Managers, agents and promoters all feed off the media thirst for celebrities, taking their cut while promoting conductors and soloists who command exorbitant fees and cripple orchestral budgets.

In the US, orchestras are challenging the status quo – the Chicago Symphony has announced a cut in its 2010 fees for guest artists and conductors.