![]() ‘I need, as a conductor, to express physically what I think about the music and to embody the music. ![]() So that's why I'm also taking care of my body and taking care of what I eat." "And I don't want to be restrained or restricted with my gestures. "I need, as a conductor, to express physically what I think about the music and to embody the music," he said. The maestro compared his work to that of an athlete who must train to avoid injury. ![]() I had no arms left I had no shoulders left I had no water in my body left because I was sweating so much," he recalled with a laugh. "After those 12 minutes, I just had no back left. Nézet-Séguin still has a clear memory of the first orchestral piece he ever conducted at age 21: Tragic Overture by Johannes Brahms. He trains like an athlete because conducting is 'very physical' Here are six things we learned along the way. In a feature interview with Q's Tom Power, Nézet-Séguin reflected on his meteoric rise. ![]() He's the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor-for-life at Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain and only the third music director in the 139-year history of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Today, he's heralded as a classical music superstar, both at home and internationally. Montreal's Yannick Nézet-Séguin was 21 when he conducted his first orchestra, but only 10 when he set his sights on becoming a conductor. Click the play button above to hear Yannick Nézet-Séguin's full conversation with Tom Power. ![]()
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