Sarasota Orchestra has received a historic $60 million donation.

The donation will go toward the planning and construction of its new music center. The donor will remain anonymous, and the gift does not include naming rights for the new facility, which the orchestra plans to build on a 31-acre site it purchased in 2023 on Fruitville Road.

The new facility will include a 1,700-seat concert hall and a roughly 700-seat recital hall, as well as rehearsal rooms, offices, and space for the organization’s many educational programs.

In a statement the donor said, “The new music center will elevate our already wonderful orchestra to new artistic heights, inspiring future world-class performers and musicians to visit and establish roots in Sarasota.”

Joseph McKenna, the orchestra’s president and CEO, added, “This kind of gift doesn’t happen every day. It’s exciting to think of how it will change the lives of the musicians on stage and the visiting artists, and now we have our new music director Giancarlo (Guerrero) who has a vision and passion to lead the orchestra to the next place.”