Yannick Nézet-Séguin: ‘You’ll never see me yell’ (exclusive)
Daily Comfort ZoneOur partners at Speaking Soundly have secured an exclusive interview with the music director of the Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra and Orchestre Métropolitain Montreal.
He happens to be the boss of David Krauss, principal trumpet of the Met, which creates a certain frisson in the conversation.
You have to listen to this podcast, right here.
David goes inside the mind of Yannick the smiler.
YNS: Do you ride horses?
David: I ride the subway.
pictured: Yannick in Paris last night
He yells through his garish outfits. And we see.
In the photo, at first glance, I thought, oh black, how sober; then I looked and realized it’s black leather and black fingernail polish.
Oh well, at least it’s not black latex and black lipstick.
I missed that as well. It could have been just dark red nail polish… At least it isn’t Jungle Red. Perhaps for the opening of Florencia en el Amazon’s.
Amazonas…(autocorrect)…
Better he should yell than that black fingernail polish.
Because of what? What is wrong with black fingernail polish?
Madame Italian fascist doesn’t like it when men wear makeup
I was at the Paris concert. Used to be a Yannick hater, but this and other recent taped performances of him I saw made me change my mind! He has been working hard and learning hard, and became a conductor who can actually give great performances. And the Philadelphia Orchestra was fantastic. Especially after the abysmal performance by the Boston Symphony a couple weeks ago.
A sensitive policy, as today’s orchestras wouldn’t wear it anyway.
No offense, but is this a bad Google translation? If in doubt, it helps to do a reverse translation to make certain it makes sense in the original language. Not always 100%.
wish there wasn’t yelling in string quartets too. my friend just left a quartet because the first violinist was constantly yelling and putting her down. emotionally abusive. poor girl. he can learn a thing or two from yannick.
which quartet is this? i have an idea but can someone confirm? is your friend a violist that left the quartet?
my friend told me they request the 2nd violinist or cellist to coach them instead to avoid any conflicts.
The amount of vitriol and homophobia continually on display on public message boards like this is outstanding. His outfits, nail polish or hair style is not worth debating. You go to a concert to listen, not look. Does Dudamel’s hair upset you? Does Gergiev’s gesticulating finger tips get under your skin? No- I bet they don’t.
Bottom line is Yannick is a talented human doing good, and this interview is a breath of fresh air.
Not every comment about a gay person is necessarily homophobic. Sometimes in life a comment can be about nothing more than bad taste, immaturity, or distracting behavior. It has nothing to do with who a person loves or how they identify.
Poor taste transcends sexual orientation or ethnicity.
Well, Dudamel’s hair upsets me because it makes him and other Venezuelan conductors look like cartoonish caricatures of what a conductor is. And Gergiev’s always upset me because of his stubble and posture that makes him look like a depressed alcoholic who doesn’t give a damn.
Yannick’s alright though, except the time he conducted a Christmas concert in a blonde Afro wig and a wife-beater t-shirt under his jacket. That was a little awkward.
I don’t like to see right away if a person is gay, or Muslim or catholic or whatever , it can get in the way of artistic performance…and extraversion reveal sometimes lack of depth, I think that’s the case with Yannick. I don’t care much about his sexual orientation.
Just heard that episode – it was delightful and I plan to listen to more. More, that is, of the podcast AND of this maestro’s music.
He may not yell but he’ll certainly plead with the musicians to look at him when their eyes are buried in the music because they don’t WANT to look at him. But that would be bad PR.
Are you serious? What is wrong with you??
These people have no lives so they spew immature critiques at great artists. They are wannabes and should stfu.
How do you know that to be a fact. Are you a musician in the Philly or Met orchestras?
Tired of Yawnnick.