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Originally Posted by Engine
Here's a list of Symphony Orchestras in the U.S. I couldn't find financials for them though.
But here's a recent article about the decline in average salaries for working classical musicians in the US. Sad news but still... 80K - 150K annually at the top and 10K - 49K for the average musician.
Considering that most working musicians don't earn even 10K annually, I consider this good evidence for the relevance of classical music. |
How much they get paid doesn't made good evidence for their relevance. It just goes to show that that they have to be more trained than the average musician and rich people attend their performances.
Similar to what duga said earlier.