Yannick

At 41 years old the Quebecois conductor Yannick NézetSéguin has established himself as one of the most gifted maestros of his generation with numerous prestigious posts with some of the worlds greatest orchestras already under his belt including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra music director London Philharmonic Orchestra principal guest conductor and the Orchestre métropolitain de Montréal One week before NézetSéguins official nomination as music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in 2008 filmmaker Christiaan van Schermbeek met the maestro for the first time The onceinalifetime event inspired Schermbeek to begin this documentary project giving us a fascinating glimpse into the life of a truly extraordinary individual