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Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, praised for stepping in 2022, will lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2025 New Year’s concert.
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.
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.
His swift action and professionalism earned him the prestigious role, which the Vienna Philharmonic cited as a thank-you for preserving the tour.
The 2025 concert, featuring traditional Viennese waltzes, will be broadcast globally.
El director de orquesta Yannick Nézet-Séguin, elogiado por su paso en 2022, dirigirá el concierto de Año Nuevo 2025 de la Filarmónica de Viena.