Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the Viennese concert for the first time

He raises the wand. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will join the great history of the Viennese waltz by becoming the nineteenth conductor to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for the New Year’s Concert. A form of dubbing. The melodies of Strauss father or son will resonate on Thursday 1^is January 2026, from 11:15 a.m.

The Quebecer cut his teeth with the Orchester Métropolitain de Montréal. In 2004, he succeeded Valery Gergiev at the head of the Rotterdam phalanx. Before, fifteen years and twenty recordings later, he was named musical director of the Met Opera in 2018.

Johann Strauss et Bradley Cooper

Nice hunting picture for this representative of the “young generation” (he is 50 years old), to quote the press release from the Vienna Philharmonic. Each year the ensemble chooses the baton which will lead this event born in 1940. The phalanx “has maintained a close and fruitful artistic collaboration with Yannick Nézet-Séguin since 2010 (…) By choosing him, we wish to realize our ambition to collaborate more with the young generation of conductors. »

The tireless Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who advised Bradley Cooper in 2022 on the filming of Maestroa film dedicated to Leonard Bernstein, joins a list including Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti and Daniel Barenboïm. Last year, Briton Andris Nelsons conducted the ensemble in the golden hall of the Musikverein.

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Radio Classique notes that in addition to “hits” composed by the Strauss family and lesser-known Viennese pieces, the program of the man who is also principal conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra includes works by two female composers. The Austrian Josefine Amann-Weinlich (1848-1887) and the American Florence Price (1887 – 1953) appreciated by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Last year, Riccardo Muti was the first to initiate this revolution by directing a play by Constanze Geiger (1836 – 1890), proof that the ancient Viennese tradition seeks to slowly come into harmony with the times.