He earned a salary of $1 million per year during his time with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Georg Solti was a renowned Pianist and Conductor who had a net worth of $16 million. Born in 1912, he was known for his work with the Bavarian State Opera, the Frankfurt Opera, the Covent Garden Opera Company, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He was the winner of the 1942 Geneva International Piano Competition and earned a salary of $1 million per year during his time with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He is remembered for his famous recordings of the operas in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle.
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💰 Net worth: $16 million (2024)
About
Remembered for his work with the Bavarian State Opera, the Frankfurt Opera, the Covent Garden Opera Company, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, this notable conductor produced a series of famous recordings of the operas in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. Also a pianist, he was the winner of the 1942 Geneva International Piano Competition.
Before Fame
He began his career as a vocal coach for the Hungarian State Opera. During the World War II years, this Hungarian-Jewish conductor escaped the Nazis by working as a pianist in Switzerland.
Trivia
He conducted a 1994 London production of La traviata that launched the career of the Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu.
Family Life
He married Hedwig Oeschli, the daughter of a Zürich University professor, in 1946.
Associated With
Early in his career, he studied in Budapest with the Austrian-born composer Bela Bartok.
