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First winner to be featured December 5 in a performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Orchestra.

Presented by ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï and the Cleveland Orchestra, the fifth-annual competition begins July 19 and culminates in the Concerto Finals on July 25 at Severance Hall.

Latest honors continue a remarkable run for the 1990 ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï alumnus.

The champion of ÍøÆسԹÏ's inaugural Cooper International Competition returns to campus as part of the Artist Recital Series.

Presented by the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland Orchestra, the 2014 competition features remarkable pianists ages 13-18 vying for $20,000 in prize money, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï scholarships, and incredible performance opportunities.

Pianist Leon Fleisher, whose remarkable career was altered by a debilitating hand injury that he overcame some four decades later, will visit the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï campus to lead a pair of master classes with conservatory students.

Journey through the odyssey of works by Beethoven for fortepiano and cello when David Breitman and Jaap ter Linden perform the cycle on February 16 in Kulas Hall. Part I begins at 4:30 p.m., and following a break, Part II continues at 8:00 p.m. Free and no tickets are required.

Faculty violist Michael Strauss is joined by guest artists Roger Roe and R. Kent Cook on February 7 in a concert entitled "Poetic Music for Oboe, Viola, and Piano." Featuring reader Professor of English T.S. McMillin, the concert is free and open to the public.

The ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Orchestra, performing with guest soloist Jeremy Denk ’90 and led by Associate Professor of Conducting Raphael Jiménez, will give a preview of their 2013 NYC Tour Carnegie Hall program on January 16 in Finney Chapel. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. and admission is free.

Kindred spirits Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk will perform on ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï College's Artist Recital Series on Tuesday, February 5. The ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï graduates will present an evening of works by Hahn, Fauré, Ades, Saint-Saëns, and Franck. Tickets are $15–$42 and are available at 800-371-0178 or online at www.oberlin.edu/arseries.