{"id":12542,"date":"2024-02-26T15:36:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=12542"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:36:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:36:56","slug":"cleveland-orchestra-receives-epic-donation-longtime-patrons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2024\/02\/26\/cleveland-orchestra-receives-epic-donation-longtime-patrons\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Orchestra Receives Epic Donation From Longtime Patrons"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12543\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Cleveland-Orchestra.jpg\" alt=\"Cleveland Orchestra\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Cleveland-Orchestra.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Cleveland-Orchestra-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Cleveland-Orchestra-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Cleveland-Orchestra-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cleveland Orchestra (courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week, the Cleveland Orchestra received a $4.6 million donation from longtime patrons Myrna and Jim Spira. The donation will contribute to artistic programming and pension and annual funding. It also creates the Myrna and Jim Spira Bass Clarinet Chair, currently occupied by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandorchestra.com\/discover\/meet-the-musicians\/clarinets\/zoloto-amy\/\">Amy Zoloto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wait, what?:<\/strong> Myrna and Jim Spira, both originally from Cleveland, have been fans of the Cleveland Orchestra since their 20s. <a href=\"https:\/\/wrlandconservancy.org\/trustee\/james-c-spira-2\/\">James C. Spira (Jim)<\/a> is principal of the consulting firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiraandcompany.com\/about.html\">Spira &amp; Company<\/a> and is committed to giving back to his community. He believes that music allows the heart and soul to move freely and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/entertainment\/2024\/02\/clevelands-jim-and-myrna-spira-donate-46-million-to-the-cleveland-orchestra.html\">\u201ca very important part of human life.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Digging deeper:<\/strong> The Spiras\u2019 donation to the Cleveland Orchestra will join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/06\/05\/top-5-orchestra-donations-time\/\">the list<\/a> of North America\u2019s largest donations to orchestras of all-time. Given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/jan\/02\/classical-comeback-the-pandemic-proves-the-need-to-support-musicians-and-orchestras\">the difficulties faced by classical music institutions following the pandemic<\/a>, let\u2019s hope this donation inspires other supporters to open their pocketbooks, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myrna and Jim Spira, longtime fans and patrons of the Cleveland Orchestra, donated $4.6 million to the orchestra this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":12543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[360,3,255],"tags":[398],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Cleveland-Orchestra.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12544,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12542\/revisions\/12544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12542"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=12542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}