Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the helm of the Philadelphia Orchestra
It will be officialised today by a press conference but we can already confirm that Yannick Nézet-Séguin will become music director of the prestigious Philadelphia Orchestra starting in September 2012. The contract of the young conductor is for seven years but the managers of the orchestra are not hiding the fact that they would love to have him in this position for more than a decade.
His schedule will remain packed for the next few years. He will continue to lead the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal and, until 2015, is still the music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Plus, let’s not forget that, until 2014, he is the principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic and his various guest conductor’s engagements.
A thorough article on the matter by the Philadelphia Inquirer…
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