Hilary Hahn Announced as Avery Fisher Prize Winner at Philharmonic Concert
The star violinist’s appearance as artist in residence included an announcement that she had received the $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize.
Franz Welser-Möst to Leave the Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director since 2002, is beginning to wind down his career.
An Opera Superfan’s Surprise Gift: $1.7 Million for the Arts
Lois Kirschenbaum, who died in 2021, made the donations to cultural groups from unexpectedly large life savings.
Posted inChoral Music Deaths (Obituaries) Folk Music Music Parker, Alice (1925-2023) Robert Shaw Chorale
Alice Parker, Composer Who Heard Music in Poetry, Dies at 98
A master of American choral music, she wrote arrangements of hymns, folk songs and spirituals used in concert halls and churches countrywide.