Complex gets $90-million boost
An anonymous donor has given $90 million to the New World Symphony toward the Frank Gehry-designed complex that the organization is planning to build in Miami Beach, Fla., home of the orchestra.
The gift ranks among the top donations to American musical institutions, a list that includes the $120-million gift to San Diego Symphony from communications technology mogul Irwin W. Jacobs in 2001.
Symphony President and Chief Executive Howard Herring called the donation, part of a $200-million capital campaign by the orchestra, an “extraordinary act of generosity.”
The donor committed to the gift two years ago but it had not been previously announced.
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