Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst has withdrawn from all engagements from late October until the end of the year The orchestra released a statement noting that the famed conductor “had a cancerous tumor removed and will need to undergo treatment between his conducting engagements for the next 12 to 16 months.” The statement added that his first period of treatment {…}

(© Julia Wesely) Conductor Franz Welser-Möst has been awarded a Cleveland Arts Prize. The Cleveland Orchestra music director was one of several honorees who will be celebrated on Oct. 13, 2021 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Welser-Möst, winner of the Special Citation presented by Cleveland Arts Prize Trustees, will be entering his 20th season as the music director of {…}