Concert repertoire
- Sergei Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” in B minor, Op. 74
Concert – August 3rd 2025, 2:30 P.M., Maison Symphonique
Jean-Philippe Tremblay is artistic director and principal conductor of the Orchestre de la francophonie, which he co-founded in 2001. Under his leadership, the OF has given more than 350 concerts across Canada, in China, Germany and in the USA. In recent seasons, he has conducted in Europe: l’Orchestre National de France, the Rotterdam Philarmonic, the Wiener Kammer Orchester, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Orchestre National d’Asturias. Following his debuts with the Netherlands Radio Philarmonic Orchestra in Utrecht, live on the national radio, critic Renée Reitsma wrote: « Conductor Jean-Philippe Tremblay was a last-minute replacement of Serge Baudo, but he more than held his own. Conducting the orchestra with an energy that reminded me of fellow French-Canadian Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Tremblay had contagious enthusiasm while still being in full control. The orchestra obviously responded well to him. »
In Asia, Tremblay has conducted the Macao Orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the China Philarmonic Orchestra.
At home, he has been guest conductor with the Montreal, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Halifax, Quebec, Kitchener, Hamilton orchestras as well as the NAC Orchestra in Ottawa, the Manhattan School of Music Orchestra ad the Philharmonie Orchestra of the Americas and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra.
Jean-Philippe Tremblay studied viola, composition and conducting at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec à Chicoutimi, at the Université de Montréal, the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Pierre Monteux School, and at the Tanglewood Music Center.