October 2, 2025
Athens, GR 14 C
Expand search form
Blog

Family gives $60 million for new US concert venue

Family gives  million for new US concert venue

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s new venue is to be known as the Farmer Music Center after $60 million gift from the Farmer Family Foundation.

Robert McGrath, CSO President, said: ‘This extraordinary gift … represents a transformative investment in Cincinnati’s future, one that will enhance the quality of life in our region for generations to come.’

The Center, due to open on 2027, will have 8,000 reserved seats and a 12,000-capacity lawn.

The post Family gives $60 million for new US concert venue appeared first on Slippedisc.

Previous Article

Met soprano nets $50k

Next Article

Cellist to play Glasto

You might be interested in …

Another artist quits Kennedy Center

Another artist quits Kennedy Center

The composer and pianist Jason Moran has resigned as the Kennedy Center’s artistic director for jazz. He posted: ‘Thank you to the composers, comedians, choreographers, performance artists, skateboarders, filmmakers, authors, illustrators, dancers, photographers, sculptors, scientists, […]

Look, Mum, my first LP

Look, Mum, my first LP

This selfie somehow struck me as seminal. It shows the pianist Andre Gugnin in the front window of Universal Music with an LP of his excellent Shostakovich preludes recording on the boutique label Hyperion. Gugnin […]