Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal / Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Date & Time

Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 20:00

Venue

Philharmonie de Paris, Grande salle Pierre Boulez (Paris)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director of Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain for the past twenty-four years, conducts a flamboyant program, including soloist Alexandre Kantorow performing Saint-Saëns’ most popular concerto.

Keywords: Early Music, Symphony Concert

Info & Ticket (philharmoniedeparis.fr)

Musicians

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Conductor
Alexandre Kantorow	Piano

Program

La Valse	Maurice Ravel
Eko-Bmijwang (Aussi longtemps que la rivière coule)	Barbara Assiginaak
Concerto pour piano n° 2	Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphonie n° 6 "Pathétique"	Piotr Tchaikovsky

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