In the CLASSICAL category, Yannick is twice nominated with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus for the Grammy of the BEST OPERA RECORDING (Opera Florenzia in el Amazonas by Daniel Catán) and (Opera The Hours by Kevin Puts). He is also nominated with the London Symphony Orchestra and Bradley Cooper for the Grammy of the BEST SOUNDTRACK (Maestro Film).

For their Price-Dawson album, The Philadelphia Orchestra and their Artistic and Musical Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin win the Edison Classical Award, in the Orchestra Category.

The Quartier des spectacles Partnership pays tribute to seven personalities who have shaped the history and contributed significantly to the artistic activity of this place. In addition to Yannick Nézet-Séguin, six other personalities will be honoured: Madeleine Careau, Jean-Claude Chabot, Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Pierre Des Marais, Jean Duceppe et Sylvain Émard. (Google Translation)

This prize as well as 6 other prizes offered by the Fondation Émergence will be awarded on October 17, during the 22nd Émergence Gala which will take place at Espace Saint-Denis. This gala, whose theme will be Celebrating Commitment and Diversity, is made possible thanks to the commitment of the National Bank.

After six years as music director of the MET, and after initiating phenomenal changes in collaboration with Peter Gelb, general manager, Yannick Nézet-Séguin has won over the entire institution (musicians, choristers, administrative staff) as well as the audience. He is pleased to renew his contract until the 2029-2030 season while announcing the start of the Ring cycle in 2027-2028 (Das Rheingold); then, in 2028-2029 (Die Walküre and Siegfried); and in 2029-2030 (Gotterdämmerung).

Judith Chaîne produced in French a series of Grand Interviews of half an hour each with Yannick; these interviews will be broadcast on France Musique, Monday to Friday at 4 p.m. EDT, the week of June 10, 2024. In addition, the broadcast of the opera La Valkyrie recently directed by Yannick at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, with the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest and several renowned soloists, will take place during the broadcast “A Saturday at the Opera” on June 15 at 2 p.m. EDT.

The Philadelphia Orchestra, on tour in three Canadian cities, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, ended its visit with a memorable concert at the Maison symphonique which had been sold out for a long time.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin will continue to oversee expanded program as Head of Conducting of the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. This program will expand from 2024-2025 by training future conductors, in three years instead of two, for both concerts and opera, following the example of Yannick.

Named 35th in the list of the 100 most influential people in Quebec, and the only representative of classical music among them, the conductor tirelessly pursues his objective of attracting more and more fans to concert halls and towards the arts in general.

It is with great pride and emotion that Yannick and his Orchestre Métropolitain announce a high-flying 2024-2025 season including 9 programs conducted by Yannick including the complete Beethoven symphonies, Bruckner's 7th symphony, the Messiah of Händel at Notre-Dame Basilica and a Christmas concert mixing jazz and traditional music. The season will close with a concert which will also be presented in some of the most prestigious venues in Europe during their tour in June 2025.

Orchestre Métropolitain’s last American tour dates back to 2019, before the pandemic. This time, Yannick will visit three cities with the them: Worcester (Mechanics Hall), Philadelphia (Verizon Hall) and New York (Carnegie Hall). Two soloists will accompany them on this tour, the prodigy Tony Siqi Yun who will perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2, as well as the Cree composer Cris Derksen, who will be on stage to perform her work, Controlled Burn, for Cello, Orchestra and Electroacoustics. For the OM, it will be a return to Philadelphia (Verizon Hall) and to New York (Carnegie Hall), two cities where their conductor is very well known and appreciated as Music and Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera of New York; for everyone, Mechanics Hall, a very famous venue near Boston, will be a discovery. The group will leave Montreal on March 1st and return there on the 7th.

Yannick and his Philadelphia Orchestra, through President and CEO Matias Tarnopolsky, today announce that the Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, will bear the name Marian Anderson, starting June 8, in honor of the famous Philadelphian contralto, who was also an iconic civil rights defender. On June 8, a gala evening and a concert by the Orchestra conducted by Yannick will highlight the event, with the participation, among others, of singer and actress Audra McDonald, soprano Angel Blue, and jazz pianist Marcus Roberts.

Among the five productions he will conduct, three are new (Grounded, Salomé and Aida) and two return to the MET (Die Frau Ohne Shatten and La Bohème). The three new productions will be presented Live in HD worldwide.

Yannick is in fact nominated twice in the CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE) category. First with his Orchestre Métropolitain of Montréal, for the Sibelius 3 and 4 disc; then with his Philadelphia Orchestra, for the disc Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead. On may note that Yannick has never yet received a Juno Award.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera of New York, Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore and Eric Owens won the Grammy for Best Opera Recording for Champion by Terence Blanchard at the 66th Grammy Awards. Congratulations!

The film Maestro, for which Yannick acted as musical advisor to Bradley Cooper and recorded the soundtrack at Deutsche Grammophone, took pride of place at the Oscars announcement ceremony this morning. The 96th Academy awards will happen on March 10, 2024.

Maestro Daniel Barenboim had to withdraw from his North American tour with the Staatskapelle Berlin for health reasons. Yannick Nézet-Séguin has agreed to conduct three concerts in his place: two in Carnegie Hall, New York, wher he’ll conduct the complete cycle of Brahms symphonies in two evenings, November 30 at 8 p.m. (S1 and S2) and December 1st at 8 p.m. ( S3 and S4). He’ll also conduct them for one concert at Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, December 3, 7:30 pm (Brahms, S3 and S4).

In the CLASSICAL field, Yannick is nominated 1) with the Philadelphia Orchestra for the Grammy of the BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE (Price: *Symphony No.4* and Dawson: *Negro Folk Symphony*). AND 2) with the singers Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore and Eric Owens; the producer David Frost; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Choir) for the Grammy of the BEST OPERA RECORDING (Blanchard’s Opera *Champion*).

The Philadelphia Orchestra, accompanied by its Musical and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin since 2012, as well as virtuoso pianist Daniil Trifonov, carried out a triumphant European tour of ten concerts from October 27 to November 5, 2023. They were welcomed with great enthusiasm and full houses in some of the most prestigious halls in the world, such as the Philharmonie du Luxembourg, La Philharmonie de Paris, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Konzerthaus Baden Baden. A Rachmaninov specialist with whom he was linked many years until his death, the Orchestra was proud to present “all Rachmaninov” programs including numerous encores, as a celebration of the composer’s 150th birth anniversary. After brilliantly recording all the symphonies and concertos, they proudly brought the “Philadelphia Sound” to Europe, which recognized their virtuosity. “ The Philadelphia Orchestra should be included as a UNESCO world heritage site.” (Alain Lompech, Bachtrack, October 30, 2023)

Magnificent event Monday evening at the Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts in Montreal, on the occasion of the premiere of the film Happy Days in the presence of journalists and cameras!

Happy with the enthusiastic reception from the public wherever Bradley Cooper's film Maestro is presented, Yannick takes a short break from his multiple occupations to represent this film in which he participated as consultant and musical advisor to Bradley Cooper and conducted the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) for the recording of the film's soundtrack.

Yannick accompanies baritone Will Liverman and 5 musicians from the METropolitan Opera Orchestra on the piano during the men's final of the US Open, performing two American patriotic songs of different origins, in front of a crowd of 25,000 spectators.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is very proud of the positive reception given by the public to Chloé Robichaud’s film Les Jours Heureux during the Toronto International Film Festival. (TIFF); Yannick has acted as an Artistic and Musical Advisor from the start.

It was with great pride and emotion that Yannick went to the Mostra, the major Venice Film Festival, for the presentation of the film Maestro telling the story of the great American maestro Leonard Bernstein.

Indeed, the following programs will be featured in a cycle dedicated to Yannick Nézet-Séguin :

It was in Philadelphia, in the Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies stadium, during the convocation of Drexel University, that Yannick received on Friday, from the hands of President John Fry, an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters for his leadership in elevating the arts in Philadelphia and beyond. In a speech that was both true and moving, Yannick then delivered a powerful testimony inviting graduates to become committed actors in the society of tomorrow.

Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick won the Grammy for the Best recording of an opera with Fire Shut Up In My Bones by Terence Blanchard. As a pianist, accompanying the famous soprano Renée Fleming, he won the Grammy of the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for Voice of Nature – The Anthropocene. Last year, he won the Grammy for the Best Orchestral Recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Yannick said he was truly touched by what these awards symbolize for his ensembles and by the values they convey, inclusion and respect for the environment. "This indicates a new era for the classic, which I am very proud to represent in this way," says Yannick in an interview.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin extends his contract until 2030 with the Philadelphia Orchestra and his title expands to Music and Artistic Director.

After winning a Grammy Prize for the Best Orchestral Performance, with Florence Price's Symphony No. 3, the team Yannick Nézet-Séguin and his Philadelphia Orchestra receive a prestigious Diapason d'or of the year for Symphonies Nos 1 and 3 from the same composer.

A very beautiful ceremony took place at the Philharmonie de Paris after a magical concert by Yannick with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Lisa Batiashvili, as part of their European tour. In the presence of Michelle Boisvert, Quebec delegate in Paris, many French personalities connected with music and some members of his family, Yannick Nézet-Séguin received the insignia as Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic which had been awarded to him by the French Minister of Culture Mrs. Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin on July 22, 2021, during the pandemic.

It is with enthusiasm that Yannick joins nine other outstanding personalities from the cultural and performing arts community in Quebec, Alexandre Da Costa, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Ève Landry, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Robert Lepage, Marie-Josée Lord, Catherine Perrin, Lorraine Pintal and Jeff Stinco, members of the Conservatory's new Circle of Honor and Outreach, created to provide advice and support to the Conservatory in its development and outreach activities, and to consolidate its leadership in the teaching of scenic arts.

On Saturday evening April 22, Yannick conducted l’Or du Rhin in a concert version with the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, which he happily finds regularly as honorary conductor. This work constitutes the Prologue of the Ring or Tetralogy by Richard Wagner, one of the most complete and difficult works in the repertoire, which he wishes to continue in the more or less near future. A skewer of singers of great renown contributed to the extraordinary success if we are to believe the Parisian critics. Two more concerts of Das Rheingols will happen respectively in Dortmund on Thursday evening and in Baden Baden on Saturday evening.

April 4, 2022. Yesterday, during a pre-gala in Vegas, Yannick Nézet-Séguin won a prestigious Grammy award for the best orchestral performance. This Grammy, he shares it with his Philadelphia Orchestra, which is the first Grammy in 120 years of existence. The recording of Symphonies Nos 1 and 3 by Florence Price was made by Deutsche Grammophon. Yannick said he was very happy, especially for the posthumous victory of Florence Price, an African-American composer whose immense talent was not sufficiently recognized during her lifetime!

On Monday, March 14 at 6 p.m., the Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera of New York under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will present a 70-minute benefit concert at Lincoln Center in support of Ukraine. Works by Valentin Silvestrov, Barber, Verdi, Strauss, and Beethoven will be performed there. Several opera stars will take part in this concert, including soprano Lise Davidsen, mezzo-soprano Elza van den Heever, tenor Jamie Barton, bass-barythons Piotr Beczała, Ryan Speedo Green, as well as Ukrainian Vladyslav Buialskyi who perform the National Anthem of his country. This concert will be heard in most countries around the world. It will also be featured on Sirius and streamed live on metopera.org. All ticket money and donations will go to the cause of Ukraine.

Avec près de 100 concerts par année, Yannick Nézet-Séguin est l’un des chefs d’orchestre les plus actifs sur la scène internationale. Jusqu’à présent, il compte plus de 70 enregistrements et a dirigé près de 80 orchestres différents à travers le monde. Aucune autre personnalité canadienne de la musique classique n’a jamais atteint une telle renommée. Précédemment honoré par l’Université du Québec è Montréal (2011); l’Institut Curtis à Philadelphie (2014); l’Université Rider à Princeton (2015); l’Université McGill à Montréal (2017); l’Université de Montréal (2017); et l’Université de Pennsylvanie (2018), il obtient cette année la reconnaissance de l’Université Laval à Québec. Il est actuellement, et ce depuis 2000, le Directeur musical de l’Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal); il est aussi directeur musical de deux des plus prestigieuses formations musicales des États-Unis (The Philadelphia Orchestra et le Metropolitan Opera de New York).

On October 8, 2021, a new album will be released by Decca Classics, entitled Voice of nature: The Anthropocene. In times of the Covid19 pandemic, Renée Fleming accompanied on the piano by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, reflect on the fragility of the environment and human behavior towards Nature. They have chosen works in which composers and poets describe their experiences and their loves in the context of nature, sometimes very well known, sometimes rarely performed, in particular by Grieg, Liszt, Fauré, Hahn, and also by contemporary composers such as Kevin Puts, Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw, etc.

They will once again welcome audiences to Verizon Hall for the fall 2021 season, while continuing to reach out to people at home via webcast. The hall will be modified to comply with the health regulations in force, the concerts will be shorter and without a break, the musicians will be dressed simply in black.

In the "Raconte-moi" collection of the PETIT HOMME Editions, Patrick Delisle-Crevier summarizes Yannick Nézet-Séguin's journey since his childhood, to become the international conductor he is today. Written in an accessible style and with a vocabulary suitable for teenagers, this book, like the great Maestro, invites young people to make their dreams come true.

This recording, made on the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon yellow label, will be available on June 4. In memory of his beloved piano teacher Anisia Campos who died last summer, the album features works by Debussy, Chopin, Brahms, Scarlatti, Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Champagne, Bach, Shostakovich, Schubert, Berio and Haydn. A balm for the soul!

Although they have never stopped working together in Webcasting to offer concerts to their audiences since the start of the pandemic, Yannick and his musicians were more than happy to find them at the Maison symphonique after 6 months of physical absence. It was a masterful concert!

Mahler's Symphony No 4 conducted by Yannick is part of the magnificent MAHLER box set recently released by the Berliner Philharmoniker.

A three-part project has started at Deutsche Grammophon. This project aims to pay tribute to the genius of Rachmaninoff. Inspired by the privileged bond that linked the composer to the Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin is the leader of this exciting project.

In addition to winning, at the helm of OM, the Opus of the Concert of the year - Classical, romantic, post-romantic, impressionist music, Yannick receives the special award for Artistic director of the year for his ardor and leadership in the pursuit of many musical activities despite restrictions due to the pandemic.

As Music Director of two of America's greatest musical institutions, Yannick calls himself a proud artistic citizen of the United States. After congratulating the new president Mr. Joe Biden as well as Kamala Harris, he described the present crisis situation of all cultural institutions, due to the pandemic. Highlighting the HOPE that finally reigns, thanks to the election of Mr. Biden, he says the arts will put a balm on past wounds. He implores the government to take the situation in hand and provide the necessary financial support. He even suggests that someone in government be dedicated to arts and culture. It has been proven in the past that the arts are a concern for the majority, that they contribute to the collective benefit and that they are the best ambassadors abroad. He ends by wishing the new president good success in his first term. He hopes the arts will shine under his guidance. He offers his personal collaboration and assistance.

At the virtual award ceremony, musicians from across Canada pay tribute to this remarkable, visionary and humanitarian musician who continues to promote Canadian music and musicians on the international stage. Yannick chose to award the $ 5,000 scholarship accompanying this prize to the Joseph-François Perreault School of Music.

Opera Canada magazine has celebrated every year, since 2000, the talent and accomplishments of Canadians for their significant contributions to the world of opera. These awards, called Rubies in honor of founding editor Ruby Mercer, are presented at a gala that, exceptionally this year, was virtual. This year, in addition to Yannick, were also honored Barbara Hannigan, Michael Schade and Edward Johnson.

This coveted award, decided entirely by international public vote from a pool of ten renowned orchestras from around the world, was presented to The Philadelphia Orchestra during a special online ceremony of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards, streamed live today on gramophone.co.uk and medici.tv. “It is an extraordinary honor to be named Gramophone Orchestra of the Year, particularly during this moment in time, when the connection to our fans is more important than ever,” said Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Recorded without an audience a few weeks ago, the symphony will be broadcast this Sunday, October 11, 10:55 p.m. on ICI Télé. "We want this film can bear witness to this unprecedented period, as a tribute to our city and to our humanity. » says Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Yannick will teach artistic identity to the 15 Academicians who are part of the new 2020 version. "Maestro Nézet-Séguin will discuss with the Academicians the importance of rigor in the success of an artist. You don't reach the peak of your art by betting on your talent alone. It takes effort, discipline, focus and curiosity. At the end, you become more free on stage. "

Indeed, OM are announcing today their fall season, as amended to take into account the rules of physical distancing. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who was to take part in three of the five programs, will lead them all. There will also be two collaborations with the Théâtre du Nouveau-Monde as well as online concerts. Together, they will present a range of magnificent works that will touch the public. After recording all summer without the presence of the audience, the maestro and his musicians really can't wait to feel the energy exchanged with the audience again.

Yannick and his Orchestre Métropolitain of Montréal offer the public Beethoven's first eight symphonies, recorded at the Bourgie Hall; these concerts, of exceptional hearing and visual quality, will be presented at reasonable cost starting tomorrow, July 31, on Deutsche Grammophon's new virtual platform called DG Stage.

For several years, we know that the conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a fan of Rafaël Nadal, and tennis in general. But one can wonder what are the parallels he makes between tennis and music. This is what the French sports daily L'Équipe captured for us, in the words of journalist Julien Reboullet.

The French dictionnary team *Le Petit Larousse illustré* has recently announced the 40 new personalities who will be welcomed in 2021. Montreal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin is part of this prestigious list. Present in 2015 in the Petit Robert of proper names, then in 2018 in the illustrated Robert, the name of Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be immortalized in the Larousse collection. This great honor will be the pride of his compatriots in Montréal, Québec and Canada, while arousing admiration in the United States and in Europe, especially among the many orchestras he leads now and has led in the past, thanks to which he has become reknowned into four of the five continents of the planet. The newspaper Le Devoir has announced the news on May 29.

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Time: 3 p.m. EDT (French) and 4 p.m. EDT (English) Tune in here: https://www.gg.ca/fr/ggconversations (French at 3 p.m. EDT) https://www.gg.ca/en/ggconversations (English at 4 p.m. EDT)

Yannick will be the guest of Marie-Christine Trottier to co-host the program Toute une musique, presented each evening on the radio on ICI Musique (100,7) from May 18 to 21, 2020. Together, they will tackle the following themes: Music and emotions; Music, love and friendship; Music and life; Music and people.

The METROPOLITAN OPERA Orchestra OF NEW YORK will tour with Yannick during summer 2021! The Orchestra has not toured in almost 20 years. But Yannick will soon introduce them in three European cities where they will give five concerts: London on June 29 (Barbican Center); Paris on June 30 and July 1 (Philharmonie); Baden Baden on July 3 and 4 (Festpielhaus), revealing the astonishing versatility of these musicians who excel in both operatic and symphonic repertoire. Four opera stars will join them: mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, soprano Christine Goerke, tenor Brandon Jovanovich and bass Günther Groissböck.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal) win 3 Opus Prizes from the Conseil Québécois de la Musique (CQM). These Opus are: Concert of the year - Montréal: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue / Concert of the year - Musiques classique, romantique, postromantique, impressionniste: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue / Album of the year - Musiques classique, romantique, postromantique, impressionniste: Sibelius 1. The Orchestre Métropolitain, with Martin Carli and Nicolas Ellis, win a fourth Opus: Production de l'année, jeune public, for the concert Airs de jeunesse: La musique au cinéma: génial.

The Honorary Fellow is The Royal Conservatory’s highest designation and is awarded to those who have had a profound impact on society through their contributions to the arts

The Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal is pleased to announce the renewal for life of the contract of its Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. This open-ended commitment is based on mutual trust.

The unveiling of a first agreement between the Marguerite-Bourgeoys School Board (CSMB) and the Orchester Métropolitain (OM) to promote student access to music took place this afternoon in the presence of the President of the CSMB, Diane Lamarche-Venne, OM Director General, Jean R. Dupré, and the Artistic Director and Chief of OM, Yannick Nézet-Séguin. On this occasion, students performed choral, guitar and dance performances. Taking advantage of Yannick Nézet-Séguin's presence, Katimavik School dedicated its new scene to the name of the famous Quebec maestro.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin‘s first task upon arriving at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in September 2018 was figuring out how to make the 135-year-old institution culturally relevant—and thereby stabilize ticket sales—without isolating its most loyal fans. “We have to undo decades of thinking that this is an art form only for the initiated,” the conductor says. To this end, he’s begun inviting high school music students to attend orchestra rehearsals and be mentored by musicians, both to acquaint a new generation with the institution and to help the Met’s staff “stay in touch with what young people’s preoccupations and aspirations are.” (He’s planning similar programs for costume and set design.) He’s commissioned two operas by women—a milestone in the Met’s history—and adaptations of modern novels by Michael Chabon and George Saunders. And while part of the Met’s appeal is the experience of going to the fabled Lincoln Center, that can be intimidating for newcomers. The Met will also hold pared-down performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Central Park, and locations beyond New York in upcoming seasons.

Four artists were chosen as PERSPECTIVES ARTISTS by the prestigious Carnegie Hall for the season 2019-2020. For the 20th season of the PERSPECTIVES SERIES, the choices are the Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner; the Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin; the Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato; and the singer Angélique Kidjo. This wonderful award will allow them to offer more concerts in Carnegie Hall and to share their most personal choices with the audiences. As a PERSPECTIVES ARTIST, Yannick will appear nine times next year, in this legendary venue, with three of his regular orchestras: the Philadelphia Orchestra (5 concerts), the New York MET Orchestra (2 concerts) and the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal (1 concert, the first one of this orchestra at Carnegie Hall). Four of the five concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra will be devoted to the complete cycle of Beethoven's symphonies whose 250th anniversary will be celebrated in 2020. A host of renowned soloists will perform in their company, such as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Hélène Grimaud, Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever, Rolando Villazon, Mihoko Fujimura, Blue Angel, Quinn Kelsey and the Westminster Choir. One of the concerts will allow the audience to hear Yannick play piano to accompany his dear friend Joyce DiDonato in a very personal interpretation of Schubert's masterpiece Winterreise.

French journalist Vincent Agrech met Yannick Nézet-Séguin between New York and Philadelphia. He gives us brilliantly the report of this meeting in an article which he titled YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN, MAESTRO FOR THE PRESENT TIME.

After having achieved masterful successes in November 2017 by presenting his Metropolitan Orchestra of Montreal in Europe, Yannick will introduce them to his American families in November 2019. They will be accompanied by the prodigious singer and good friend Joyce DiDonato in prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Verizon Hall (Philadelphia), Chicago Symphony Hall and Hill Auditorium (Ann Arbor).

On Saturday, December 15, live from the Metropolitan Opera New York, see Verdi's opera La Traviata, the new production directed by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, at the cinema near you. Replay at later dates.

On the occasion of the closing ceremony of the CINARS 2018 Biennale, one of the most important international meetings of the performing arts, which brings together more than 1,550 professionals from 40 countries in Montreal, the Quebec Arts and Letters Council has awarded the Best International Tour Award at the Orchester Métropolitain. This prize is awarded every two years to the Quebec organization that has distinguished itself by the exceptional quality of a tour outside Quebec. Congratulations to everyone!

Ce prix prestigieux leur est décerné pour leur coffret issu récemment sous étiquette Deutsche Grammophon. Intitulé COLLECTION, ce coffret constitue un recueil des meilleurs enregistrements issus de leurs dix années de collaboration. Félicitations à tous les musiciens et à leur chef honoraire !

Many interesting projects accompany this signature, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (New York), the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE), the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal); in addition, a retrospective box set with the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest will be launched during the 100th jubilee of this ensemble in June. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will continue his long time collaboration with the label Atma Classique and the OM.

«For your unparalleled artistic mastery and boundless enthusiasm for sharing your passion for music with artists and audiences alike, the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania are honored and pleased to confer upon you, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa.» – Amy Gutmann, President

The new season announced today will see Yannick lead six out of twelve programs.

New York, NY (February 15, 2018) - Accelarating his arrival as Music Director by two seasons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will take up the post in time for the start of the Metropolitan Opera's 2018-2019 season.

This new album recorded by Deutsche Grammophon and titled "Visions of Prokofiev" offers essentially the two Violin concertos, as well as selected movements of his famous ballets with their very recognizable tunes (*Cinderella*, *Romeo and Juliet*, *The Love for Three Oranges*). The collaboration of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a guarantee of ultimate quality for the CD that the listeners will have to wait for until February 2, 2018.

From Dortmund to Paris, via Cologne, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Hamburg, follow Yannick and his Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal on their wonderful tour.

Yannick has now a NEW Official Facebook Page. In collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon, Yannick has now a NEW Official Facebook Page.

Preceding a concert with the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal at the Claude-Champagne Hall on November 21, 7:30 pm, the *Université de Montréal* will award an Honoris causa doctorate to Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin for his huge work and numerous success here as well as at an international level.

ONE CONCERT OF THE ORCHESTRE MÉTROPOLITAIN ON TOUR BROADCASTED LIVE AT THE PHILHARMONIE DE PARIS! Saturday, December 2 at 2:00 pm on MEZZO LIVE HD

The Oskar Morawetz Award for excellence in musical interpretation was presented to Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the beginning of a concert of the Orchestre Métropolitain on Thursday, September 7th at the Maison symphonique of Montréal. The reknowned composer’s daughter, Mrs. Claudia Morawetz, presented the Award after a short speech pronounced by Mrs. Marie-Elizabeth Brunet from the Ontario Arts Council. Recent recipients include conductor Bramwell Tovey (2015), mezzo-soprano Judith Forst (2013), cellist Shauna Rolston (2011) and flautist Robert Cram (2009).

After receiving in 2014 the title of *Conductor of the Year*, for his recording Stravinski-Stokowski with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin wins another Echo Klassik Prize for the Best Opera Recording up to and including the 17th and 18th centuries inclusively.

Yannick has accepted an invitation from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe to become an Honorary Member.  Following their most recent Mozart collaboration on La Clemenza di Tito in Baden Baden, the musicians of the COE wished to bestow Honorary Membership on Yannick in recognition of their special relationship; a title he will share with Bernard Haitink, Sir Andras Schiff and Alice Harnoncourt.  This title carries no contractual obligation or minimum commitment and serves only to acknowledge how highly the musicians value their relationship with Yannick. 

During an official ceremony in the Quebec Parliament, Prime Minister Philippe Couillard presented Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the medal of Officier of the Ordre National du Québec, which title has been awarded to him in 2015.

Already present since 2015 in the Petit Robert of proper names, the name of Yannick Nézet-Séguin will also appear in Le Robert illustré as of the 2018 edition.

During a gala at the Plaza Hotel in New York on April 9, 2017, the singer Elīna Garanča presented the prize to Yannick Nézet-Séguin unfortunately absent because of a temporary indisposition.

It is during a concert of the Orchestre Métropolitain that the Montréal maestro will receive this honor at the Maison symphonique de Montréal on May 14th.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin will open his first season as music director of the Metropolitan Opera in September 2020 with Anna Netrebko starring in a new production of Verdi's Aida.

Montreal will be hosting the 4th International Orchestra Conference (IOC) to be held from May 11 to 14 at the Delta Hotel, downtown. The first three conferences were held in Berlin (2008), Amsterdam (2011) and Oslo (2014) respectively.

The Metropolitan Opera (MET) of New York has revealed his new season this morning. Music Director designate, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will conduct two of the most fascinating productions of the repertoire, Richard Wagner's Parsifal in February 2018 and Richard Strauss' Elektra in March 2018, the first one produced by François Girard and the second one by Patrice Chéreau.

For his incredible journey through the world, for his many successes that make us honor, especially his appointment as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera of New York, La Presse has named Yannick Nézet-Séguin Personality of the Year 2016.

Deutsche Grammophon recording of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with Luca Pisaroni, Sonya Yoncheva, Thomas Hampson, Angela Brower, Rolando Villazon, Regula Mühlemann, Anne Sofie von Otter, Maurizio Muraro, Philippe Sly, Jory Vinikour, Benjamin Bayl and the wonderful Chamber Orchestra of Europe under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin is nominated for the Grammy Awards, in the category "Best Opera Recording".

To commemorate 225 years since the death of Mozart, Universal has created a new edition of Mozart's works in a 200-disc set in which 70% of the content has been renewed. The Don Giovanni recording engraved by Deutsche Grammophon in 2012, by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the singers Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Vitalij Kowaljow, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Luca Pisaroni and Mojca Erdmann appears proudly in this Mozartian bible.

"We are talking about the 375th anniversary of Montreal for a long time, but oddly enough, except for the illumination of the Jacques Cartier Bridge, no events were on the program to mark the date of its founding by Paul de Chomedey and Jeanne Mance on 17 May 1642. "(translated from Luc Boulanger, La Presse)

For the first time in 36 years, the Montreal Orchestre Métropolitain will tour in Europe from November 26 to December 3, 2017, accompanied by soloists Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Alexandre Tharaud, Jean Guihen Queyras and Stéphane Tétreault. They will visit Dortmund, Cologne, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam (Concertgebouw) and Paris (2 concerts in the Philharmonie), and will present two magnificent concert programs. The talent of Yannick Nézet-Séguin being recognized in the world, the doors opened to welcome this wonderful orchestra and its leader who have evolved together for 16 years.

After making many records (see Discography) around the world with several orchestras including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the prestigious yellow label, Yannick invites Deutsche Grammophon to record in Montreal , with the Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón and the Russian bass ultimately Abdrazakov with the Orchestre Métropolitain. The release of the album is scheduled for September 2017.

The CINARS Biennale paid tribute tonight at Yannick Nézet-Séguin, one of the most important ambassadors of classical music of his generation. A unique conductor praised by critics and the public in Québec, in Canada and abroad, Mr. Nézet-Séguin revives different traditions of classical music and opera with unusual rigor and energy. Artistic director and chief conductor of the Orchester Métropolitain since 2000, Music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2012 and of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra since 2008, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will become in 2020/2021 the third Music Director of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera of New York. His infectious enthusiasm inspires outstanding performers around the world and renews the experience of music and opera in such renowned houses as La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House in London and the Carnegie Hall in New York .

The conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be the guest of the CORIM (Conseil des Relations Internationales de Montréal) on Thursday November 24, under the theme: "When Québec talent abroad inspires decision-makers here and everywhere."

After Berlin, Amsterdam and Oslo, the international orchestra conference will be held in Montreal in May 2017 and Yannick Nézet-Séguin has agreed to be its ambassador. This is a tremendous opportunity to "make discover this wealth of which we can be proud" and "to inspire us with what is happening elsewhere".

Opera News Editor in chief, Mr. F. Paul Driscoll, has annouced today the names of the recipients of a 2017 «Opera News» Award. Five artists, among them conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will be celebrated for their major contribution to the Opera World. More information

The Félix for the Album of the Year—Classical/Orchestra and large ensemble was awarded to Mahler 10 at the Premier Gala de l’ADISQ (Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la video).

Quick view of a rehearsal and everyday routine of some of the musicians of the Metropolitan Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Alexandra Szacka draws an intimate portrait of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin's success holds to the priviledge relation he nourishes with the public, and most of all with his musicians. Explanations.

Ensures his Leadership of The Philadelphia Orchestra for the Next Decade. Nézet-Séguin is Simultaneously Announced as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, beginning with 2020-2021 Season.

The 41-year-old conductor will become only the third Music Director in the history of the Met.

He is one of the highest-ranking conductors in the world. Everywhere he goes, the Quebec maestro is greeted with unanimous approval and enthusiastic admiration from the greatest classical music connoisseurs. At only 40 years old, this prodigy seems to be at the top of his craft. How far will he go?

Yannick Nézet-Séguin receives the Medal of Honor of the National Assembly of Québec, besides Xavier Dolan, Phyllis Lambert, Mylène Paquette and Serge Savard.

The Philadelphia Orchestra is happy to share with you the news that Yannick is being named Musical America’s 2016 Artist of the Year.

Thirty-five personalities from Québec will be awarded the Ordre of the Arts and Letters of Québec.