Yannick does double duty with the Orchestre Métropolitain
Live concerts are few and far between these days but I finally got to hear one for the first time in over a year. And…
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Conducting Opera: Where Theater Meets Music
La Scena Musicale is pleased to present EXCERPTS from Conducting Opera: Where Theater Meets Music, a detailed discussion of operas from Mozart to Richard Strauss…
Yannick, OM make a live-audience comeback
Might catch on, this idea of attending concerts in person. Such is my prediction after Yannick Nézet-Séguin and his Orchestre Métropolitain performed in the Maison…
Orchestre Métropolitain: back on stage with Yannick at the piano
Montreal, March 18, 2021 – The Orchestre Métropolitain and its artistic director and principal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin are delighted to return to performing before a…
Choral Singing in the Age of Anxiety
The new government directives announced on Sept. 28 should not affect choir and orchestra rehearsals so long as safety regulations are respected and the number…
The OM announces the four winners of the Beethoven’s Heritage Composition Competition
Montreal, October 29, 2020 – The Orchestre Métropolitain is pleased to announce the names of the four winners of its first-ever composition competition. Issued in…
Yannick and OM put spotlight on Beethoven — and Montreal
The familiar setting is Bourgie Hall, festooned with microphones, lamps, music stands and cleared of audience chairs. Yannick Nézet-Séguin stands on a podium near the…
Elim Chan: Taking on the World, one Orchestra at a Time
At merely 33 and looking half her age, Elim Chan is taking the world by storm. Born and raised in Hong Kong, despite coming from…
The 29th Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur: A Shared Solitude,20 artists, 20 creations, 1voice
Montreal, May 14, 2020. Undaunted by the challenges and constraints the current pandemic has imposed on us all, the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur (FASS)…
OM choral night is fit for a queen
There was no vice-regal musical salute Friday from the Orchestre Métropolitain, nor an “all rise” ceremony in the Maison symphonique. But Yannick Nézet-Séguin did draw…
