JSO Benefit Concert

International Champion Violinist Elmar Oliveira teams with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra for Pension Benefit Concert this evening at the TU Center for Performing Arts.

America's first and only violinist to win the Gold Medal at Moscow's Tchaikowsky International Competition performs with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra tonight. This special concert is a direct outcome of the protracted labor dispute early this season between the musicians and management of the JSO. The resulting contract, ratified in January, calls for an annual concert to bolster the retirement pension for the musicians. In so doing, the JSO follows in the tradition of other great orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic in utilizing a prominent artist for a pension benefit concert. Net proceeds will go directly to the AFM Pension Fund to benefit the musicians of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.