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The Philanthropic Philharmonic
While the Grand Ole Opry has gotten most of the press following last week’s flood in Nashville, the city’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center took a big hit too. Luckily the musicans who perform there have their brothers in tails at the Los Angeles Philharmonic to help out.
The Schermerhorn, home of the Nashville Symphony, sustained substantial water damage during the devastating flood, losing several Steinway pianos in the process.
To help replace the expensive instruments, the musicans of the L.A. Phil, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the L.A. Philharmonic Association have presented their Nashville comrades with a gift of $25,000.
The world-renowned pianist has also agreed to select a new piano to replace a now-ruined Hamburg Steinway he hand-picked for the Nashville Symphony.
Thibaudet, Dudamel and the L.A. Phil were scheduled to give a performance tomorrow night at the damaged venue. That concert has now been moved to Andrew Jackson Hall at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
Tickets for the the L.A. Phil’s performance are still available through the TPAC box office.
Current ticketholders for the event will automatically be seated at the new venue. Patrons with ticketing questions should direct them to the Nashville Symphony box office.