Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin (born March 6, 1975 in Montreal ) is a Canadian conductor . He is music director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Canadian Orchester Métropolitain .

life and work

Yannick Nézet-Séguin was born to Claudine Nézet and Serge Séguin. At the age of five he received his first piano lessons and at nine he became a member of the vocal ensemble Choeur Polyphonique de Montréal . In 1995 he began studying piano, composition and conducting at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec. At the same time he was a student of Joseph Flummerfelt and Hermann Max at the Westminster Choir College in Princeton . From 1997 he was also tutored by Carlo Maria Giulini . Giulini became Nézet-Séguin's "artistic father figure" and had a formative influence on his further professional development.

Since 2000, Nézet-Séguin has been Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Canadian Orchester Métropolitain, a position for which he signed a lifetime contract in 2019. After guest appearances at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, he was also chief conductor there from 2008 to 2018, and has been honorary conductor since 2018. In March 2007 he worked for the first time with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and was its elected first guest conductor from 2008 to 2014.

Nézet-Séguin with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (2011)

Nézet-Séguin's debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2008 with Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod attracted international attention . Since then he has regularly conducted the most important orchestras, "from the Berlin Philharmonic to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra " and has made guest appearances at the most important concert halls, "from La Scala in Milan to the Covent Garden Opera in London ".

Nézet-Séguin has been Music Director of the renowned Philadelphia Orchestra since 2012, having been Music Director-designate there since the 2010/11 season. His contract was extended to 2022 in January 2015. In September 2018 he also became music director of the Metropolitan Opera, which had prematurely separated from its chief conductor James Levine . He has been involved in the “artistic planning of the opera house” since spring 2016.

The Konzerthaus Dortmund was from autumn 2013 Nézet-Séguin "European [r] fixed point". For three seasons he was engaged as an exclusive artist for The Yannick Experience series .

His partner is the violinist and choir director Pierre Tourville. Nézet-Séguin “lives in Montreal, Philadelphia and Rotterdam” and from 2016 “also in New York”.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Yannick Nezet-Seguin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Walter Weidringer: Baptism of Fire. Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna , December 2012, archived from the original on December 21, 2015 ; Retrieved December 9, 2015 .
  2. ^ Daniel J. Wakin: Maestro With the Turtle Tattoo. The New York Times , January 11, 2013, accessed June 3, 2016 .
  3. ^ Announcement at klassik.com from November 21, 2007
  4. ↑ Guido Fischer: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The high flyer. Rondo , accessed on January 23, 2016 (edition 1/2010).
  5. ↑ Robert Rowat: Yannick Nézet-Séguin has renewed his contract with Montreal's Orchester Métropolitain - for life. In: CBC / Radio-Canada . September 16, 2019, accessed January 29, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Conductors of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra , accessed on January 29, 2020
  7. ↑ Biography on: highresaudio , accessed on January 29, 2020
  8. ↑ Claus Spahn: Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin: The rubber ball in the fairy garden. Die Zeit , February 11, 2010, accessed on January 23, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Philadelphia Orchestra - Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Rehearsal 10 27 10. In: YouTube . The Philadelphia Orchestra , October 28, 2010, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Michael Cooper: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Extends Philadelphia Orchestra Contract. The New York Times , January 30, 2015, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Yannick Nézet-Séguin to Become Met Music Director in September 2018 at: metopera.org , accessed on January 29, 2020
  12. ↑ Bette Nygaard King, Evan Ware: Yannick Nézet-Séguin ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . January 7, 2019. Accessed January 29, 2020.
  13. ↑ The Met gets a new music director: Yannick Nezet-Seguin. DiePresse.com , June 2, 2016, accessed on June 2, 2016 .
  14. ^ Andreas Kluge: The Yannick Experience: "The 100,000 Volt Conductor" (Fono Forum). In: Classic Accents. Universal Music Germany , October 15, 2013, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Manuel Brug: Cell phones in concert are expressly allowed. Die Welt , May 23, 2015, accessed on July 25, 2015 .
  16. ^ Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the future of the Metropolitan Opera New York. Deutsche Welle , June 4, 2016, accessed June 9, 2016 .
  17. ^ Young Artists - Past Winners. Royal Philharmonic Society , accessed June 3, 2016 .
  18. ^ Les Prix du Québec. Prix ​​Denise-Pelletier. Québec Governorate, accessed June 3, 2016 (French).
  19. ↑ L'UQAM décerne un doctorat honoris causa à Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Université du Québec à Montréal , March 22, 2011, accessed on August 9, 2017 (French).
  20. ↑ Echoklassik.de Klassik Prize Winner 2014 ( Memento from January 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 26, 2014
  21. ↑ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Curtis Institute of Music , archived from the original on July 30, 2017 ; accessed on August 9, 2017 .
  22. ^ Rider announces honorary degree recipients for Commencement ceremonies. Rider University, April 29, 2015, accessed August 9, 2017 .
  23. ↑ George Loomis: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Artist of the Year 2016. Musical America Worldwide, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  24. ^ Orphée Russell: McGill University Confers Honorary Doctorate to Yannick Nézet-Séguin. McGill University , May 25, 2017, accessed August 9, 2017 .
  25. ↑ Press release of the Rheingau Music Festival from May 22, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian conductor
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal