Awards and distinctions

2025

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic Music
Aida season finale, August 4, 2024

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Multiple Repertoires
Leningrad Symphony, November 18, 2023

2022

OPUS Award, Excellence Mentions – Webcast Concerts and Creations – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Colors from Here: From Boudreau to Sibelius, streamed July 9–18, 2021

2021

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Joyce DiDonato & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, November 19, 2019

OPUS Award, Artistic Director of the Year
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2020

ORCHESTRAS CANADA, Betty Webster Award
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Bluebeard’s Castle, March 1, 2019

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Montreal
Bluebeard’s Castle, March 1, 2019

OPUS Award, Production of the Year – Young Audiences
Youthful Tunes – Music in Film: Genial!, April 6, 2019

OPUS Award, Album of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Sibelius 1, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

2019

OPUS Award, International Outreach
Orchestre Métropolitain – 2017 European Tour

2018

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Montreal
A Page of History: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts the Sublime Parsifal, August 6, 2017

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Grimaud and Nézet-Séguin: Shared Passion, October 6, 2016

2017

OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF MONTREAL
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2016

FÉLIX Award (ADISQ), Album of the Year – Classical / Orchestra and Large Ensemble
Mahler 10, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

OPUS Award, Artistic Director of the Year
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2015

ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU QUÉBEC, Companion of the Arts and Letters of Quebec
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL ORDER OF QUEBEC
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Montreal
Hélène Grimaud and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, June 12–13, 2014

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Hélène Grimaud and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, June 12–13, 2014

2014

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Lohengrin, August 11, 2013

OPUS Award, International Outreach
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2013

OPUS Award, Album of the Year – Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Bruckner 4, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

2012

FÉLIX Award (ADISQ), Album of the Year – Classical / Orchestra and Large Ensemble
Bruckner 4, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

COMPANION OF THE ORDER OF CANADA
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

OPUS Award, Album of the Year – Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Florent Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

2011

PRIX DU QUÉBEC, Denise-Pelletier Award
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

FÉLIX Award (ADISQ), Album of the Year – Classical / Orchestra and Large Ensemble
Florent Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

FÉLIX Award (ADISQ), Album of the Year – Classical / Vocal
Marie-Josée Lord, Marie-Josée Lord, Giuseppe Pietraroia, ATMA Classique

MONTREAL METROPOLITAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & MONTREAL ARTS COUNCIL, Arts-Business Award
Michelle Cormier, Chair of the Board, Orchestre Métropolitain

OPUS Award, Album of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Bruckner 8, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

2010

FÉLIX Award (ADISQ), Album of the Year – Classical / Vocal
Tenor Arias, Marc Hervieux, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S PERFORMING ARTS AWARD, National Arts Centre Award
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

OPUS Award, Album of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Bruckner 9, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

OPUS Award, International Outreach
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2008

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Bruckner and Strauss: Eternal Moments, September 18 and 22, 2006

2007

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Grandiose Mahler, September 30, 2005

OPUS Award, Musical Event of the Year
Beethoven Weekend, November 18–20, 2005

2006

FÉLIX Award (ADISQ), Album of the Year – Classical / Orchestra and Large Ensemble
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 with Organ, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Philippe Bélanger, ATMA Classique

OPUS Award, International Outreach
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2005

FÉLIX Award (ADISQ), Album of the Year – Classical / Orchestra and Large Ensemble
Kurt Weill, Diane Dufresne, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Regions
Wozzeck, August 8 and 10, 2004

OPUS Award, Album of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Mahler 4, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Karina Gauvin, ATMA Classique

OPUS Award, Recording of the Year
Mahler 4, Karina Gauvin, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ATMA Classique

OPUS Award, Performer of the Year
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2004

OPUS Award, Album of the Year – Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music
Nino Rota: La Strada – Concertos, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jennifer Swartz, Alain Trudel, ATMA Classique

2000

FÉLIX Award (ADISQ), Album of the Year – Classical / Orchestra and Large Ensemble
Mussorgsky’s
Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky, Joseph Rouleau, Semyon Vekshtein, Société Radio-Canada

CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, Virginia Parker Prize
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

OPUS Award, Discovery of the Year
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conducting
Romantic Russia, November 16, 1998

1998

OPUS Award, Concert of the Year – Region
Anton Kuerti and the Orchestre Métropolitain, August 1, 1997