Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal

The Orchestre Métropolitain is one of two major symphony orchestras in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the other being the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. The orchestra has gained international attention since conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin ascended the podium in the year 2000. The Orchestre Métropolitain had its beginnings as an ensemble of recent Montreal conservatory graduates, called Les Variations, which was formed in 1980 as a house orchestra for a music series called Concerts Lachine. The following year, realizing that there was a need for their music-making, they renamed...