Joshua Bell has been named the winner of this year’s Avery Fisher Prize, an honor which comes with $75,000 cash. “Previous winners include cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianists Emanuel Ax and Andre Watts, and violinists Sarah Chang and Midori.”
Tag: 03.22.07
Funding Freefall May Finally Be Over In Ohio
“Funding for the arts has fallen in Ohio in the last six years, with the Ohio Arts Council budget suffering a more than 30 percent decline.” The latest budget proposal from the state’s governor would stop the slide, but the council is still a long way from the $32m it received in 2001.