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flag Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, praised for stepping in 2022, will lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2025 New Year’s concert.

flag Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2025 New Year’s Day concert after stepping in at short notice in 2022 to replace Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. flag With just days before the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall tour, Nézet-Séguin, then with the Philadelphia Orchestra, accepted the urgent assignment, conducting Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and helping secure pianist Seong-Jin Cho. flag His swift action and professionalism earned him the prestigious role, which the Vienna Philharmonic cited as a thank-you for preserving the tour. flag The 2025 concert, featuring traditional Viennese waltzes, will be broadcast globally.

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