US EditionNézet-Séguin’s Path to the Vienna New Year’s Concert Began when He Replaced Banned Conductor in 2022
Nézet-Séguin’s 2022 Carnegie Hall replacement of banned Russian conductors sparked a lasting partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic, leading to his 2026 New Year’s concert program.
- On Dec. 30, 2025, Yannick Nézet‑Séguin conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein following his 2022 substitution at Carnegie Hall, New York.
- Russia's February 2022 invasion caused the Vienna Philharmonic and Carnegie artistic director Clive Gillinson to decide that Valery Gergiev, conductor, and Denis Matsuev, pianist, would not appear as scheduled.
- Carnegie artistic director Clive Gillinson called Yannick Nézet‑Séguin by voicemail, who returned the call after an online workout and accepted the engagement squeezed before the Feb. 28 Met premiere.
- The Vienna Philharmonic rewarded Nézet‑Séguin by assigning him Thursday's televised waltz concert, a thank-you for saving the tour, and invited him to the June 2023 Summer Night Concert and subsequent tours.
- Among distinguished predecessors, Nézet-Séguin joins Herbert von Karajan and Riccardo Muti, mixing works by Josefine Weinlich and Florence Price and conducting in a bespoke Louis Vuitton suit.
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Nothing is as predictable as the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert. Millions of viewers in over 150 countries watch a top conductor perform marches, waltzes, and polkas, primarily from the Strauss family, on January 1st each year. But the story behind this Viennese lightheartedness is a minefield.
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Nézet-Séguin’s path to the Vienna New Year’s concert began when he replaced banned conductor in 2022
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Josephine Weinlich, the founder of the First European Ladies' Orchestra, will listen to the waltz debut Yannick Nézet-Séguins.
For the first time, the famous New Year's Concert features an African-American piece: "The Rainbow Waltz" by Florence Price will be played at the special request of conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
For the first time, the famous New Year's Concert features an African-American piece: "The Rainbow Waltz" by Florence Price will be played at the special request of conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
More than a few concertgoers who sit down to watch the Vienna New Year's Concert on January 1st will find a familiar face leading the orchestra. The French-Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin is making his debut in this role after conducting thousands of concerts. Five of those concerts were in San Sebastián, a city and audience with which he forged a special connection between 2005 and 2018, the year of his last performance at the city's Mu…
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