Yannick gets a half-million shock

Yannick gets a half-million shock

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norman lebrecht

October 15, 2018

Yannick Nézet-Séguin was being interviewed on CBC today when word came through that Sophie Desmarais, daughter of Canada’s richest woman in Canada, was giving C$500,000.00 to his Orchestre Métropolitain.

Lost for words, he was.

Listen here.

Comments

  • Elijah says:

    This is wonderful news. (The entire interview is 20+ minutes… Sophie mentions the donation 11:25 in, for those interested).

  • Ben says:

    Conductor par excellence

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