Tugan Sokhiev has extended his contract with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse until 2019. His fee as music director has been fixed annually at 49.000 €, however for each concert in Toulouse he will get 12.500 €, and for concerts on tour 14 000 €. He also receives a fixed expense allowance of 22 000 €, an apartment and a car. Sokhiev is also music director of Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and of the Bolshoi Theatre.