Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a renowned Canadian conductor celebrated for his dynamic leadership of major orchestras and opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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Label Occurrences
Yannick Nézet-Séguin canonical 13

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian
conductor
human
opera conductor
orchestra conductor
almaMater Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal
Westminster Choir College (historically)
surface form: Westminster Choir College
awardReceived Grammy Award
Knight of the National Order of Quebec
surface form: National Order of Quebec

Order of Canada
basedIn Montreal
New York City
Philadelphia
citizenship Canada
countryOfBirth Canada
dateOfBirth 1975-03-06
endTimeOfPosition 2018 for Rotterdam Philharmonic principal conductorship
familyName Nézet-Séguin
fieldOfWork opera
orchestral music
genre classical music
givenName Yannick
hasSexOrGender male
languagesSpoken English
French
German
name Yannick Nézet-Séguin self-link
nationality Canadian
notableFor dynamic conducting style
leadership of major North American orchestras
notablePosition artistic director and principal conductor of the Orchestre Métropolitain
music director of the Metropolitan Opera
music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra
principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
notableWork recordings of Bruckner symphonies
recordings of Mahler symphonies
recordings of Mozart operas
recordings of Verdi operas
occupation conductor
music director
pianist
placeOfBirth Montreal
sexualOrientation gay
spouse Pierre Tourville
startTimeOfPosition 2000 for Orchestre Métropolitain artistic directorship
2008 for Rotterdam Philharmonic principal conductorship
2012 for Philadelphia Orchestra music directorship
2018 for Metropolitan Opera music directorship
studiedUnder Carlo Maria Giulini
Joseph Flummerfelt

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Description of subject: Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a renowned Canadian conductor celebrated for his dynamic leadership of major orchestras and opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metropolitan Opera hasMusicDirector Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Westminster Symphonic Choir hasCollaboratedWith Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin name Yannick Nézet-Séguin self-link
Philadelphia Orchestra musicDirector Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Philadelphia Orchestra associatedConductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra notableConductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick hasNotableBearer Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Nézet-Séguin name Yannick Nézet-Séguin
subject surface form: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Pierre Tourville spouse Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Pierre Tourville partner Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Pierre Tourville notableRelationship Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Pierre Tourville associatedWith Yannick Nézet-Séguin