David H. Koch to give $100 Million to theater (New York Times - 7/10/2008) |
Record 4,000 LP classical music donation leaves Oxfam spinning (Guardian Unlimited - 4/9/2008) |
Musical Instrument Museum - if it’s hit, strummed or plucked, it’ll be here (New York Times - 2/2/2008) |
Dallas Symphony Orchestra gets $1 million pledge (Dallas Morning News - 11/29/2007) |
Gifts to Seattle Opera (New York Times - 7/12/2007) |
Seattle Opera receives generous gifts (Seattle Times - 7/11/2007) |
Paul Hamlyn Foundation donates £10m to the Royal Opera House (Gramophone - 5/9/2007) |
CEO gives largest gift in Calgary opera's history (Globe And Mail - 4/24/2007) |
$90 Million Gift to Orchestra Goes Public (New York Times - 3/9/2007) |
Dick Simmons: A 'passion' for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 1/14/2007) |
Pianist Isobel Degnan Gives $1 Million to University of Missouri for Music Education (PlaybillArts - 12/29/2006) |
Scottish Philanthropist Gives £500,000 to Help Clear Edinburgh Festival's Debt (PlaybillArts - 12/17/2006) |
Gift of $29.5M to Pittsburgh symphony hits right pitch (CBC - 11/19/2006) |
Pittsburgh Symphony Gets Record $29.5M Gift (Washington Post - 11/19/2006) |
San Francisco Opera patron donates $35 million Largest gift of its kind in the U.S. -- no strings attached (San Francisco Chronicle - 10/4/2006) |
New Bach manuscripts found (BBC - 9/1/2006) |
Charity solves Proms travel issue (BBC - 9/1/2006) |
Spinster leaves £4m to festival (BBC - 8/15/2006) |
Donation nets financier Carnegie Hall stage name (CBC - 3/5/2006) |
Juilliard receives fantastic manuscripts gift (Gramophone - 3/2/2006) |
Sharing the Wealth at McGill University (McGill News - 2/21/2006) |
Opera patron gives $25M to Met (CBC - 1/6/2006) |
Metropolitan Opera, in Tight Times, Receives Record Gift of $25 Million (New York Times - 1/5/2006) |
Organizers hope benefit helps revive Opera House (Detroit News - 12/28/2005) |
Starkeys give $1M to Florida Orchestra (St.Petersburg Times - 12/17/2005) |
Philanthropists hit bull's eye with donations (Globe And Mail - 12/5/2005) |
Move over Yale School of Music - You're not the only one with the big bucks now (Indianapolis Star - 11/18/2005) |
Royal Conservatory receives $5M gift (CBC - 11/18/2005) |
Philanthropist gives Vancouver Symphony record donation (Globe And Mail - 11/9/2005) |
Backing McGill University Music to tune of $20M (Toronto Star - 10/1/2005) |
Royal Opera House drops 'Vilar' from Floral Hall (Gramophone - 9/21/2005) |
Edmonton philanthropist Dr. Stuart Davis dies (Edmonton Journal - 8/4/2005) |
Arlington Symphony Files Bankruptcy (Washington Post - 7/19/2005) |
Los Angeles embraces high culture in style (Toronto Star - 6/5/2005) |
Toronto's art patrons: The $5M dollar club (Toronto Star - 6/5/2005) |
Opera patron held in US over $5m theft (Guardian Unlimited - 5/30/2005) |
Wild Energy Charges a Russian Night (New York Times - 5/28/2005) |
Jail on Fraud Charge for Legendary Opera Patron (New York Times - 5/28/2005) |
Classical music finds a patron (Daily Yomiuri - 3/10/2005) |
Special concert raises $300,000-plus for Philadelphia Orchestra (Philadelphia Inquirer - 2/15/2005) |
Major organ donation (Gramophone - 1/7/2005) |
Orchestra conductor at famed Crystal Cathedral kills self after 7-hour standoff (CBC - 12/17/2004) |
Glendale Symphony flush with funds (LA Times - 12/8/2004) |
Editorial (La Scena Musicale - 11/29/2004) |
Guide de la philanthropie / Philanthropy Guide (La Scena Musicale - 11/29/2004) |
The State of Arts Philanthropy in Canada (La Scena Musicale - 11/29/2004) |
La Scena Musicale lance le 1er Guide annuel de la philanthropie (La Scena Musicale - 11/17/2004) |
Miller foundation makes challenge gift to Oregon Symphony (Oregonian - 10/28/2004) |
Wanted: old instruments to sell on eBay (CBC - 10/21/2004) |
LA Phil Boosts Endowment (Big News Network - 10/10/2004) |
Canadian Fan bequeaths $1 million to Victoria opera (Victoria Times Colonist - 9/3/2004) |
HCA pledges $50K to Nashville Opera (Nashville Business Journal - 8/31/2004) |
Genesco turns 80, gives $100K to Nashville Symphony (Nashville Business Journal - 8/23/2004) |
Rare Strauss donated to college (BBC - 8/6/2004) |
New Jersey Orchestra's benefactor is arrested in Berlin (Star-Ledger - 6/17/2004) |
Telus dials in to music school (Toronto Star - 6/9/2004) |
Calling all music fans: Telus becomes naming donor to Royal Conservatory reno (CBC - 6/9/2004) |
Elton's £1m gift to music academy (BBC - 5/20/2004) |
Donors making their name with cash for Toronto`s Royal Conservatory (Toronto Star - 5/5/2004) |
Music school donors revealed (Toronto Star - 5/4/2004) |
Fugitive paid off his gifts to Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia Inquirer - 4/28/2004) |
Met Opera Broadcasts Continuing for Year (ABC News - 3/7/2004) |
A $15 million gift for Academy (Philadelphia Inquirer - 2/2/2004) |
West Valley orchestra getting financial help (Arizona Republic - 1/29/2004) |
Nurturing New Sounds: Don't like contemporary music? Quit complaining and start commissioning (San Francisco Chronicle - 1/19/2004) |
Seattle Symphony receives $10 million grant from Microsoft developer (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - 1/13/2004) |
Caulkins family donates $7M to auditorium renovation (Denver Business Journal - 1/6/2004) |
Twenty million donated to the arts (Reuters - 11/16/2003) |
Music to the BSO's ears: a gift from Ray Getzov (Sun Spot - 10/25/2003) |
Fan's £100,000 piano donation (BBC - 10/22/2003) |
Donna Leon - A Patron of the Arts of Opera and Murder (New York Times - 8/10/2003) |
Vail Pitched In to Bring New York Philharmonic to Festival After Vilar Slashed Pledge (Andante.com - 7/15/2003) |
Opera: Banker puts his faith in the arts (Financial Times - 7/14/2003) |
Opera Patron Alberto Vilar's Tech Fund Making Comeback (New York Daily News - 6/17/2003) |
Plácido Domingo Admits He Fulfilled $2 Million of Alberto Vilar's Pledges (Washington Post - 6/9/2003) |
Arts donor's N.Y. woes felt in L.A. (LA Times - 6/7/2003) |
Vilar - A Promise Unkept, a Donor Unsung (New York Times - 6/7/2003) |
Digging for dollars (Globe And Mail - 12/12/2002) |
Alberto Vilar - Paying the Piper: One Man's Millions (Globe And Mail - 12/12/2002) |
Think global, act loca (Globe And Mail - 12/11/2002) |
Don't ask these women to serve tea (Globe And Mail - 12/10/2002) |
A new face among art prizes (Globe And Mail - 12/9/2002) |
Payback time for Vilar (La Scena Musicale Online - 10/2/2002) |
Prize Is Shared in Conductors' Competition (New York Times - 9/30/2002) |
The Importance and Power of Private Philanthropy in the Classical Performing Arts (La Scena Musicale Online - 9/29/2002) |
Big Music Philanthropist Not Paying (Associated Press - 9/29/2002) |
Vilar misses payments (Gramophone - 9/27/2002) |
The arts `need public and private funding' (Toronto Star - 9/19/2002) |
Tycoon of the opera - Alberto Vilar gives millions to the arts (Ottawa Citizen - 9/17/2002) |
Curtain Rises on Domingo's Act II (LA Times - 9/5/2002) |
L.A. Opera Cancels 'War and Peace' (New York Times - 8/26/2002) |
Los Angeles Opera cancels megaproduction of 'War and Peace'; unable to cover cost overruns (San Fransisco Gate - 8/25/2002) |
Alberto Vilar - The benefactor and his bride (La Scena Musicale Online - 8/14/2002) |