The Cleveland Orchestra, which could use a little good news given recent revelations , is to receive $9.3 million from the estate of longtime patron and donor Jean Hower Taber (1922-2017). Executive Director André Gremillet reports the … » Read

Hungarian conductor Gábor Káli has won the ninth annual Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award, announced today by Jury Chair Dennis Russell Davies at the festival’s 2018 Award Concert Weekend. Káli, … » Read

Irish composer Siobhán Cleary [pictured] has turned down a large commission from two Arts Council funding bodies because she was offered 20 percent less than male applicants during the previous four years. Cleary’s rejection … » Read

Cher, composer Phillip Glass, country music star Reba McEntire, and jazz legend Wayne Shorter [pictured] will be honored for lifetime achievements in the arts at this year's Kennedy Center Honors. The Center also announced a special award for the … » Read

An anonymous gift of about £1.7 million ($2.23 mil) will fund scholarships for 40 students over the next five years at the Royal Academy of Music, which celebrates its bicentenary in 2022. In combination with a new partnership with the … » Read

Toronto pianist Tony Siqi Yun, 17, has won the 2018 Cooper Competition for Piano, the finals of which concluded July 20 in Severance Hall in Cleveland. The winning piece was Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, with Jahja Ling conducting the … » Read