$160k a year plus a pension seems high for a musician.
People who play instruments in groups on the charts don’t seeing figures that high and have no pension.
We can debate relative merits of one type of music over another but even many recognized jazz musicians don’t get that.
Hollywood uses Eastern European orchestras for film scores these days.
Everyone can be replaced.
Again, the people in the world’s top orchestras are the best instrumentalists in the world. They are like NBA or NFL players.