Fees Paid to Conductors and Soloists, 1960s

Conductors

Fees in new francs, except where noted.

Dorati, Antal

2,000 ff. 8 January 1961 + 1,000 ff. for broadcast, and one extra rehearsal
2,000 ff. 22 October 1961
2,000 ff. 11 March 1962
2,000 ff. 24 February 1963

note: for 1963-64 Dorati required 2,500 francs and was not contracted

Kertesz, István

1,000 ff. 11 February 1962

Kubelík, Rafael

4,000 ff. 22, 29 January 1961 + 25-30% if broadcast.

note: did not appear.

Maazel, Loren

5,000 ff. 23 October 1960 + 35% if broadcast

Martinon, Jean

2,500 ff. 12 November 1961 offered 1,800 ff.; asked 4,000; raised "to keep good relations"

Mehta, Zubin

3,000 ff. 8 March 1964

Paray, Paul

3,000 ff. 17 January 1963 reduced fee confidential

4,000 ff. 10 February 1963 season opening.

4,000 ff. 6 October 1963 at dissolution, negotiating for four concerts in 1968 at 6,000 ff.

Prêtre, Georges

1,500 ff. 7 January 1962 asked 1,800.
cancelled 25 March 1962 and 20 January 1963
2,500 ff. 14 October 1962 gave fee to Caisse de Prévoyance
2,500 ff. 3 February 1963 gave 1,000 ff. to Caisse de Prévoyance
4,000 ff. 15 March 1964 gave 1,000 ff. to Caisse de Prévoyance
4,000 ff. 17, 24 January 1965

Silvestri, Constantin

2,000 ff. 20 November 1960

Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw

3,000 ff. 19 January 1962 asked 3,500

Instrumentalists, Singers

Boegner, Michèle

  500 ff. 18 November 1962 Schumann: Piano Concerto (Sebastian)

Carteri, Rosanna,  soprano

3,000 ff. 3 February 1963 Verdi: Requiem (Prêtre)

Ciccolini, Aldo

3,500 ff. 14 October 1962 Rachmaninov: Third Piano Concerto (Prêtre)
    + 20% of gross  over 18,000 ff.
3,750 ff. 20 December 1964 Chopin: F-Minor Concerto (Janigro)

Cliburn, Van

7,500 ff. 8 October 1961 Brahms: Second Piano Concerto (Klecki)

Ferras, Christian

 2,500 ff. 8 January 1961 Brahms: Violin Concerto (Dorati)
3,500 ff. 10 February 1963 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Paray)
4,000 ff. 21 February 1964 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Munchinger)
4,000 ff. 6 December 1964 Brahms: Violin Concerto (Bazire)

Gelber, Bruno-Leonardo

1,000 ff. 4 November 1962 Chopin: E-Minor Concerto (Martinon)

Janis, Byron

2,500 ff. 3 December 1961 Schumann: Piano Concerto (Silvestri)
6,000 ff. 10 October 1965 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto (Zinman)

Pennario, Leonard

1,000 ff. 21 January 1962 Rachmaninov: Second Piano Concerto (Mari)

Rubio, Consuelo,  mezzo-soprano

 1,500 ff. 3 February 1963 Verdi: Requiem (Prêtre)
2,000 ff. 26 January 1964 Ravel: Shéhérazade (Cluytens)

Samson-François

 3,000 ff. 2 October 1960 Schumann: Piano Concerto (Schuricht)
4,000 ff. 25 February 1962 Ravel: (both) Piano Concertos (asked 5,000)
5,000 ff. 27 October 1963 Grieg: Piano Concerto (Matai)
5,000 ff. 7 February 1965 Chopin E-Minor Concerto (Baudo)

Solchany, George

800 ff. 19 February 1961 Beethoven: Third Piano Concerto (Gielen)

Tacchino, Gabriel

  900 ff. 11 February 1962 Liszt: Second Piano Concerto (Kertesz)
1,000 ff. 20 January 1963 Beethoven: Third Piano Concerto (Paray)

Wayenberg, Daniel

1,000 ff. 27 November 1960 Gershwin: Piano Concerto (Blareau)
1,000 ff. 12 November 1961 Prokofiev: Third Piano Concerto (Martinon)

Rubinstein, Stern

Rubinstein, Arthur

 500,000 [old] ff. 10 October 1954 Brahms: D-Minor Concerto (Cluytens)
800,000 ff. 23 November 1958 Beethoven: "Emperor" Concerto (Cluytens)
8,000 (new) ff. 18 February 1962 Beethoven: Fourth Piano Concerto (Kertesz)
10,000 ff. 1 December 1963 Brahms: First Piano Concerto (Kondrashin)
12,500 ff. 25 October 1964 Beethoven: "Emperor" Concerto (Cluytens)

Stern, Isaac

 400,000 (old) ff. 12 October 1958 Prokofiev: Second Violin Concerto (Cluytens)
400,000 ff. 19 October 1958 Brahms: Double Concerto (L. Rose, Cluytens)
8,000 (new) ff. 14 November 1965 Brahms: Violin Concerto (Kurtz)