Fees Paid to Conductors and Soloists, 1960s
SOURCE: Corresp. Valmalète: D 17337 (4); Contracts, D 17337 (6).
Conductors
| Fee (new francs) | Date | Notes | |
| Dorati, Antal | 2,000
ff. 2,000 ff. 2,000 ff. 2,000 ff. |
8
January 1961 22 October 1961 11 March 1962 24 February 1963 |
+ 1,000 ff. for broadcast,
and one extra rehearsal For 1963-64 required 2,500 francs; not contracted |
| Kertesz, István | 1,000 ff. | 11 February 1962 | |
| Kubelík, Rafael | 4,000 ff. | 22, 29 January 1961 | +
25-30% if broadcast. 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. 4,000 ff. 4,000 ff. |
17
January 1963 10 February 1963 6 October 1963 |
Reduced
fee confidential. Season opening. At dissolution, negotiating for four concerts in 1968 at 6,000 ff. |
| Prêtre, Georges | 1,500
ff. 2,500 ff. 2,500 ff. 4,000 ff. |
7
January 1962 14 October 1962 3 February 1963 15 March 1964 17, 24 January 1965 |
Asked
1,800. Cancelled 25 March 1962 and 20 January 1963 Gave fee to Caisse de Prévoyance Gave 1,000 ff. from each performance to Caisse de Prévoyance |
| Silvestri, Constantin | 2,000 ff. | 20 November 1960 | |
| Skrowaczewski, Stranslaw | 3,000 ff. | 19 January 1962 | Asked 3,500 |
|
Fee
(new francs)
|
Date
|
Work(s) | |
| 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.
3,750 ff. |
14
October 1962
+ 20% of gross over 18,000 ff. 20 December 1964 |
Rachmaninov:
Third Piano Concerto (Prêtre) |
| Cliburn, Van |
7,500
ff.
|
8
October 1961
|
Brahms: Second Piano Concerto (Klecki) |
| Ferras, Christian |
2,500
ff.
3,500 ff. 4,000 ff. 4,000 ff. |
8
January 1961
10 February 1963 21 February 1964 6 December 1964 |
Brahms:
Violin Concerto (Dorati) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Paray) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Munchinger) Brahms: Violin Concerto (Bazire) |
| Gelber, Bruno-Leonardo |
1,000
ff.
|
4
November 1962
|
Chopin: E-Minor Concerto (Martinon) |
| Janis, Byron |
2,500
ff.
6,000 ff. |
3
December 1961
10 October 1965 |
Schumann:
Piano Concerto (Silvestri) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto (Zinman) |
| Pennario, Leonard |
1,000
ff.
|
21
January 1962
|
Rachmaninov: Second Piano Concerto (Mari) |
| Rubio,
Consuelo mezzo-soprano |
1,500
ff.
2,000 ff. |
3
February 1963
26 January 1964 |
Verdi:
Requiem (Prêtre) Ravel: Shéhérazade (Cluytens) |
| Samson-François |
3,000
ff.
4,000 ff. 5,000 ff. 5,000 ff. |
2
October 1960
25 February 196 (asked 5,000) 27 October 1963 7 February 1965 |
Schumann:
Piano Concerto (Schuricht) Ravel: (both) Piano Concertos [asked 5,000] Grieg: Piano Concerto (Matai) Chopin E-Minor Concerto (Baudo) |
| Solchany, George |
800
ff.
|
19
February 1961
|
Beethoven: Third Piano Concerto (Gielen) |
| Tacchino, Gabriel |
900
ff.
1,000 ff. |
11
February 1962
20 January 1963 |
Liszt:
Second Piano Concerto (Kertesz) Beethoven: Third Piano Concerto (Paray) |
| Wayenberg, Daniel |
1,000
ff.
1,000 ff. |
27
November 1960
12 November 1961 |
Gershwin:
Piano Concerto (Blareau) Prokofiev: Third Piano Concerto (Martinon) |
| Fee | Date | Work | |
| 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. 400,000 ff. |
12
October 1958 19 October 1958 |
Prokofiev:
Second Violin Concerto (Cluytens) Brahms: Double Concerto (L. Rose, Cluytens) |
| 8,000 (new) ff. | 14 November 1965 | Brahms: Violin Concerto (Kurtz) |