Daughters of the Dust (1991)

In 2018, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will end his tenure with the Rotterdam Philharmonic for which he will stay Honorary Conductor to become Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Yannick has worked with many leading European orchestras and enjoys close collaborations with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Philharmoniker the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and many notable orchestras and festivals. Learn more about this fascinating young conductor, who seems to be taking the world by storm in this ambitious, witty and intimate portrait.

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