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Oracle Announces $10 Million Partnership to Sustain the Nashville Symphony and Reinstate Its 2026-27 Season
Oracle has announced a $10 million investment and strategic partnership to help sustain the Nashville Symphony, an infusion that allows Music City’s orchestra to reinstate its 2026-27 season and recall the musicians and staff who were set to be furloughed on October 18 due to a financial emergency.
“Oracle’s commitment is a lifeline for the Nashville Symphony and the community we serve,” said Mark Tillinger, president and CEO of the Nashville Symphony. “Oracle’s partnership gives us the ability to bring our musicians and our music back to the stage, and it gives us momentum as we build toward a stronger, more sustainable long-term future.”
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell called the gift “an extraordinary relief,” adding that Oracle’s generosity ensures the upcoming season will not be lost. Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk said the company — which is building its new headquarters on Nashville’s East Bank — is committed to helping keep the city’s cultural institutions strong.
Founded in 1946, the Nashville Symphony performs at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center and has earned 14 GRAMMY Awards and 27 nominations. The orchestra reaches nearly 550,000 Middle Tennesseans annually through its performances and free and low-cost education and community programs.
WQXR and Carnegie Hall have announced the lineup for the 2026–27 season of Carnegie Hall Live, the broadcast series that brings performances from the legendary New York venue to audiences nationwide and around the world. Now in its 16th season, the series airs live on WQXR-FM and streams at WQXR.org and CarnegieHall.org, with broadcasts also distributed to public radio stations across the country.
The season opened on October 9 with the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, joined by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in a program of Brahms and Strauss — part of the orchestra’s four-concert Carnegie Hall residency that launched the Hall’s 2026–27 season.
Among the season’s highlights, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs an all-Berlioz program on November 5, 2026, led by Louis Langrée and starring tenor Benjamin Bernheim in a rare New York appearance, pairing Les nuits d’été with the Symphonie fantastique. On January 19, 2027, Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, with soloists Golda Schultz, Taylor Raven, Julian Prégardien, and Anthony Robin Schneider.
The series also carries performances by the Vienna Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of Carnegie Hall’s season-long Mahler symphony cycle led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, alongside chamber music programs spotlighting Beethoven and Brahms.
Carnegie Hall Live is hosted by WNYC and WQXR’s John Schaefer, with guest hosts Elliott Forrest and Paul Cavalconte. The series is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall and American Public Media. For the full broadcast schedule, visit carnegiehall.org.
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