Compared to others, he wasn't all that well known.

We seem to have an abundance of assholes who "threaten" to leave/boycott the USA, then unfortunately don't follow through.

We have ample top talent performing in the US, and right here in Nashville at our new $123.5 million Greco-Roman Schermerhorn Symphony Center and other choice venues.

Here's a sampling of concerts we have attended here:

LA - Dudamel
SF - Tilson Thomas
CLE - Welser-Möst
Academy of St Martins in the Fields - Marriner
Leonard Slatkin
Daniil Olegovich Trifonov (CIM)
Yves Thibaudet
Emanuel Ax
Hilary Hahn
Valentina Lisitsa
Lang Lang
Joshua Bell
Yuga Wang
Herbie Hancock
Ahmad Jamal
McCoy Tyner
Wynton Marsalis
Branford Marsalis