Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a conductor operating at triple tempo, at once the director of three major orchestras—in Philadelphia; in his hometown of Montreal and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, ...

A childhood collection of some 12,000 CDs helped shape Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor and director of three major orchestras, into the musician he is today. "I would go to a record store and buy CDs ...

NEW YORK – Yannick Nézet-Séguin is remaking the Metropolitan Opera from the bottom up. When the 48-year-old conductor leans forward to extend his arms and emphasize vibrato or stretches high for a ...

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Nézet-Séguin, who directs the New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, spoke with Terry Gross in front of a live audience for a WHYY event about his style of leadership, using his ...

After his stupendous leadership of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" on European tour last summer, I vowed I'd never say another bad word about Yannick Nezet-Seguin. The release of his "Beethoven Symphonies" ...

Ever since he was a little boy, Yannick Nézet-Séguin knew he wanted to be a conductor. He likens the feeling to something "almost like a religious call." "Making music in the group is what animates me ...

In Maestro, director, actor, and co-screenwriter Bradley Cooper’s magnetic new film, the multi-hyphenate tackles the topic of Leonard Bernstein with the same zeal the late composer-conductor put into ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 14, 2023. The original video can be viewed here. Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a conductor operating at triple tempo, at once the director of ...

FILE - Yannick Nezet-Seguin, the music director for The Philadelphia Orchestra, poses for a portrait in Philadelphia on Dec. 5, 2011. The 48-year-old conductor of the Metropolitan Opera has led eight ...