Franz Welser-Möst has announced he will boycott the Kennedy Center but will not boycott the United States. In a recent interview with Backstage Classical, the conductor said, “Would I personally perform at the Kennedy Center right now? Probably not—the politics there and the government crackdown irritate me too much. But that makes it all the more important to support places {…}

Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst has withdrawn from all engagements from late October until the end of the year The orchestra released a statement noting that the famed conductor “had a cancerous tumor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 {…}