What is Yannick Nézet-Séguin?
[[File:Rótterdam- Yannick Nézet-Séguin40 (14874253518).jpg|thumb|Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. ]] '''Yannick Nézet-Séguin''' (born March 6, 1975) is a Canadian conductor and pianist. == Biography == Nézet-Séguin was born in [[Montreal]] on 6 March 1975. Starting the piano at five, he choose to be a conductor at age ten. He studied at a conservatory in Montreal and started as a music director of the [[Orchestre Métropolitain]] in Montréal in 2000. Currently, he is the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has held this appointment since 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yannick Nézet-Séguin - PhilOrch|url=https://www.philorch.org/your-philorch/meet-your-orchestra/conductors/yannick-nezet-seguin/|access-date=2022-06-04|website=www.philorch.org}}</ref> Nézet-Séguin has also been working with the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York since 2009, where he has orchestrated several [[Opera|operas]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director|url=https://www.metopera.org/about/who-we-are/yannick-nezet-seguin-music-director/|access-date=2022-06-04|website=www.metopera.org|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian composers]] [[Category:Canadian pianists]] {{bio-stub}}