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Outdoor concert of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with conductor Jean-François Rivest in the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro in August 2008. The orchestra has begun touring and some recording in the 1960s and early 1970s, during the tenures of Zubin Mehta and Franz-Paul Decker.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, CC (French pronunciation: [ja.nik ne.zɛ se.ɡɛ̃]; born Yannick Séguin; [1] 6 March 1975) is a Canadian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal), the Metropolitan Opera (New York City), and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Payare assumed the title of music director-designate with immediate effect. [13] [14] In October 2020, the San Diego Symphony announced an extension of Payare's contract as music director through the 2025-2026 season. [15] Payare first guest-conducted the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) in 2018. He returned as a guest conductor of the OSM in ...
While head of the Bern Symphony, he also conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico from 1973 to 1975, and Sweden's Gothenburg Symphony from 1975 to 1978. Dutoit was principal guest conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra in the early 1980s. [6] In 1977, Dutoit became the artistic director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM).
In 2006, Nagano became both the music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) and GMD of the Bavarian State Opera. His contract with the Bavarian State Opera did not allow him to be the music director of another opera company. [14] He concluded his Bavarian State Opera tenure in 2013. [15]
In 1960, with the help of Charles Munch, Mehta became the chief conductor and Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, a post he held until 1967. By 1961, he had already conducted the Vienna, Berlin and Israel Philharmonic orchestras. [7] In 1962, he took the Montreal Symphony on a concert tour to Russia, Paris and Vienna.
He was chief conductor and music director of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens from 1990 to 2003. He became music director of the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières ( Trois-Rivières Symphony Orchestra) in 2006, and held the post through the close of the 2017-2018 season. [ 3 ]
His first symphony, titled Concordia, was premiered by Kent Nagano conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in May 2017. [7] That year the Dallas Symphony Orchestra performed his work "A Globe Itself Infolding", [8] which had previously been recorded by the Montreal Symphony. [9] In 2013, Moussa won the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize. [10]