A probate judge has ordered the former executor of famed violinist Isaac Stern’s estate to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to Stern’s three grown children. Stern, who died in 2001 at age 81, was one of the foremost violinists of the 20th century. He was among the most recorded classical musicians in history, and played a major role in cultivating the careers of such musicians as Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Yo-Yo Ma. The full story is available here.