“Metropolitan Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, also music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal, has committed $50,000 as a matching grant—$25,000 each—to the MET Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus,” writes Susan Elliott on Wednesday’s (1/6) Musical America (subscription required). “It’s a gift made with his life partner Pierre Tourville. Here’s the MET Orchestra statement: ‘As the MET Orchestra Musicians & the Met Chorus Artists turn the page to 2021, we are pleased to begin with a special fundraising matching campaign, to support our community of artists in these unprecedented times. Thanks to a generous contribution from Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and his life partner Pierre Tourville, any donations from January 4-27, 2021 will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $50,000—$25,000 each to the orchestra and the chorus. Yannick and Pierre are keen to support the unique artists of the Met orchestra and chorus at this difficult time, and hope this matching challenge will inspire others to do the same.”
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