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Biography
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, CC is a Canadian conductor and pianist. He is the music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal), the Metropolitan Opera, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He was the principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra from 2008 to 2018.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate at the Laval University · 2021
- Officer of the Order of Montreal · 2017
- Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec · 2015
- Officer of the National Order of Quebec · 2015
- Echo Klassik – Conductor of the Year · 2014
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- Companion of the Order of Canada · 2012
- Prix Denise-Pelletier · 2011
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award · 2010
- Virginia Parker Prize
