Known internationally for his musicianship, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music and artistic director of The Philadelphia Orchestra (Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair), will address the class of 2023 at Drexel University’s commencement ceremony on June 16. In what has become an annual tradition, Drexel’s university-wide commencement will return to Citizens Bank Park to celebrate the graduating class. The ceremony will also be live-streamed.
Nézet-Séguin, known for his intensely collaborative style, deeply rooted musical curiosity, and boundless enthusiasm, has beguiled critics and audiences alike. He is currently in his 11th season with The Philadelphia Orchestra, and recently extended his contract through 2030. The New York Times has called him “phenomenal,” adding that “the ensemble, famous for its glowing strings and homogenous richness, has never sounded better.”
Nézet-Séguin holds an original and unique place in the American musical landscape. He has proven to be both an evolutionary and a revolutionary, developing the mighty “Philadelphia Sound” in new ways in collaboration with the great musicians of the Orchestra. Together, Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra have commissioned an astonishing 37 works from an ever-growing group of international composers. In addition, Nézet-Séguin is passionately committed to performing the music of under-appreciated composers of the past, such as Florence Price, the first Black woman to have her work performed by a major American symphony orchestra. Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestra received their first-ever GRAMMY® Award for Best Orchestral Performance in 2022 for their recording of Price’s First and Third Symphonies.
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