Nashville Symphony
MusiciansTennessee, United States201-500 Employees
The Nashville Symphony, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is a professional orchestra with an active recording program that includes 29 releases on the Naxos label. Its repertoire ranges from Beethoven to Bernstein to Joan Tower, encompassing a broad span of classical and contemporary works. The organization’s recordings have earned 14 Grammy Awards and 24 nominations, with notable projects such as Tower’s Made in America, Paulus’ Three Places of Enlightenment, and Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony and Tales of Hemingway; a 2015 release of Ben Folds’ Piano Concerto also charted on Billboard. Education and community engagement are central, reaching about 80,000 people annually through more than 20 free or low-cost programs, and Accelerando was launched in 2016 to support underrepresented young musicians. The ensemble has been based at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville since 2006, a venue noted for its acoustics and distinctive neo-Classical architecture. In 2026, the orchestra appointed Leonard Slatkin as Music Director, signaling a new phase in its artistic leadership.