50,000 music lovers at the foot of Mount Royal
Words cannot describe how wonderful it was to experience so many magical moments with you yesterday evening at the foot of Mount Royal!
Nearly 50,000 of you came to hear our musicians and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin in an enchanting setting in the heart of our beautiful city. Montreal, we love you!
Our warmest thanks to Pénélope McQuade for her fabulous emceeing of a concert that will linger long in our memories.
We look forward to sharing music with you at the Maison symphonique and in the boroughs all next season!
View photos of the concert here
What others are saying:
La Presse : Yannick Nézet-Séguin tout feu tout flamme au pied du mont Royal
Montreal Gazette : Orchestre Métropolitain brings music to the people with outdoor concert on Mount Royal
Journal de Montréal : L’OM au pied du mont Royal: grandioses retrouvailles
Le Devoir : Vitalité et exubérance au pied du mont Royal
98,5 FM : 50 000 personnes au concert extérieur de l’Orchestre métropolitain
This concert is made possible thanks to the support of our valuable partners: Arrondissement de Ville-Marie, Ville de Montréal, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Gouvernement du Québec, Tourisme Montréal and La Presse, media partner of this concert. Our thanks to our official partner, Hydro-Québec.
Many thanks to the Brazilian percussion group 3Doums, made up of students from the École secondaire Louis-Riel and conducted by Hugo Rivest, who provided the OM Prelude for this concert.