{"id":37208,"date":"2016-06-07T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T17:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=37208"},"modified":"2016-06-07T13:26:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T17:26:13","slug":"news-yannick-nezet-seguin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/06\/07\/news-yannick-nezet-seguin\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Video Of A Ten-Year-Old Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin Conducting Surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/i\/caffeine\/syndicate\/?mediaId=699500099974\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/2016\/06\/02\/the-scoop-canadian-yannick-nezet-seguin-lands-top-job-at-metropolitan-opera\/\" target=\"_blank\">news<\/a> of \u00a0Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, the pride and joy of Montreal, being named as incoming Director of New York\u2019s Metropolitan Opera has spread across the internet\u00a0like wildfire. But buried in a recent profile piece from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/yannick-nezet-seguin-montreal-reaction-1.3613815\">CBC<\/a>, a previously unknown video of a ten-year-old N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin conducting has surfaced<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The video, found in the CBC archives, shows a young N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin conducting Ravel&#8217;s <em>Bolero\u00a0<\/em>in front of what looks to be an elementary school class. His talent is immediately apparent. He chops out the beat punctuated with flashes of sprite grins and spastic enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>Just for fun, we thought it would be interesting to compare a 10-year-old \u00a0N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin with a thirty-year-old N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin conducting the\u00a0<span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Visite de Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin au Conservatoire de musique de Montr\u00e9al\">Conservatoire de musique de Montr\u00e9al through\u00a0<\/span>Beethoven&#8217;s <em>Eroica<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While the older N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin&#8217;s skill if obviously well-honed and thoughtful, his boundless enthusiasm is just as infectious as ever.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n9IWH6mXvm0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Want more updates on Toronto-centric classical music news and review\u00a0before anyone else finds out? 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