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Jean-Sebastien Vallee

@jsvallee

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Montréal / Toronto 📍 Musician on the move | Prof + creative explorer bridging sound, space & scholarship

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Thank you Toronto and to the wonderful singing of @tmchoir 💜💜💜

I so enjoyed our two performances of Mozart’s Mass in C minor and the North American premiere of @phdutron new version of the Requiem last week, led by Maestro @jsvallee and a great team of soloists: @lindsaymcintyremusic @krisztinaszabomezzo @ahalhalliday @colinainsworth_tenor

"Opening the proceedings was the Great Mass. From the first down beat of the Kyrie eleison onwards, I was swept up by the powerful choral sound. This section has a lengthy solo for soprano, taken by Claire de Sévigné. Possessing a beautiful coloratura, de Sévigné is enjoying a fine international career, and it’s good to hear her once again in Toronto. Here she sang with purity and beauty of tone in the Kyrie, deftly navigating the demanding vocal line spanning nearly two octaves. Her top voice was also impressive in Et incarnatus est."
-La Scena Musicale

"Soprano Claire de Sévigné had operatic feats to perform, particularly in the Great Mass in C Minor (heard in the Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf edition).... the Et incarnatus est, with its rich woodwind accompaniment, was a thing of beauty."
- The New Classical FM taken in Koerner Hall by @jsvallee

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Superbe journée de travail avec mes collègues
Clemens Schuldt et David Rompré, et le Chœur de Orchestre symphonique de Québec! Au programme : Brahms, Mendelssohn et Beethoven — difficile de demander mieux! 🎶 taken in Quebec, Quebec by @jsvallee

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Just announced! Join us in congratulating Jean-Sébastien Vallée on his appointment as BSO Director of Choruses and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Learn more about him before he joins us this 2026–27 season #linkinbio by @jsvallee

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after Beethoven’s 9nth an ecstatic audience response @bostonsymphony with @mrbenbliss taken in Tanglewood Music Festival by @jsvallee

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Toronto conductors in mythical Tanglewood!🌳

Such a joy to collaborate with Gustavo Gimeno, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the extraordinary Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Grateful for another inspiring week of music-making in this very special place! taken in Tanglewood Music Festival by @jsvallee

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Last project of the summer — direction Tanglewood! 🎶🌲

Bernstein, Beethoven, Brahms, and Palmeri. An amazing week of music-making ahead with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Boston Symphony Orchestra!

What a way to close out the summer! ✨ taken in YUL Aéroport International Montréal-Trudeau by @jsvallee

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2 months ago

Let the vacay begin! ✈️ A little weekend dans la Ville Lumière to celebrate my birthday! 🇫🇷🥂 taken in YUL Aéroport International Montréal-Trudeau by @jsvallee

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So it begins!

Rehearsals are underway for the Boston Pops Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus… under a blazing 38°C sun! ☀️ by @jsvallee

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Free livestream 📡📺 We’ll broadcast #Mahler’s second symphony tonight with the @tmchoir and #NACOMentorship musicians led by @alexander_shelley. Watch live or on-demand ⏯️🔗 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼

🕗 8 PM ET | 5 PM PT

Diffusion en direct gratuite ce soir 💻🎶 Nous diffusons la deuxième symphonie de Mahler avec le Toronto Mendelssohn Choir et les musiciens et musiciennes du Programme de #MentoratOCNA, sous la direction d’Alexander Shelley. Regardez le concert en direct ou en rattrapage ⏯️🔗 𝗦𝘂𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘇 𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗼

🕗 20 h (HE) | 17 h (HP)

#NACOLive #OCNAendirect taken in Southam Hall by @jsvallee

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This is what it looks like when…

✨ A Music Director saves one symphony for the end. Shelley. Mahler. An NAC Orchestra first. 11 years in the making.

🫀 A choir makes a room feel infinite. The @tmchoir and soloists @miahperssonofficial and @nikolovska.ema turn Mahler’s finale into something you feel in your chest.

🔥 A career-defining moment meets Mahler at full force! Early-career musicians joined the NAC Orchestra this month through the #NACOMentorship program. This was their night too.

🫶 An audience that came in curious left transformed. That’s Mahler. That’s this orchestra. That was tonight.

Tune in tomorrow at 8PM ET for the #free livestream ⏯️💻🎶
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Voici à quoi ressemble…

✨ Un directeur musical qui garde une symphonie pour la fin. Shelley. Mahler. Une première pour l’Orchestre du CNA. L’aboutissement de 11 ans de travail.

🫀 Un chœur qui donne l’impression que la salle s’étend à l’infini. Avec le Toronto Mendelssohn Choir et les solistes Miah Persson et Ema Nikolovska, les dernières notes de Mahler résonnent d’une profondeur viscérale.

🔥 Un moment charnière dans une carrière allié à toute la puissance de Mahler. Ce mois-ci, des musiciennes et musiciens en début de carrière se sont joints à l’Orchestre du CNA dans le cadre du Programme de #MentoratOCNA. Pour eux aussi, ce concert est une expérience inoubliable.

🫶 Un public curieux qui ressort transformé. C’est ça, Mahler. Et c’est aussi ça, l’Orchestre du CNA.

Ne ratez pas la diffusion en direct #gratuite demain à 20 h (HE) ⏯️💻🎶

📸 @_curtisperry taken in Southam Hall by @jsvallee

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✨ Last week’s Beethoven 9 extravaganza in Toronto was a thrilling celebration of joy, community, and our shared humanity. What a fabulous experience bringing so many voices together in music.

📰 Read more:

https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2026/06/16/feature-beethoven-and-the-beautiful-game-luminato-celebrates-torontos-first-world-cup-match/ by @jsvallee

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On Saturday, we came together for an evening of deeply moving and profoundly honest music with Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil. It was a performance filled with reflection, tenderness, and shared humanity—one that will stay with us for a long time.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and took part in this special evening. Your presence, and your participation in our shared tribute honouring and remembering those touched by cancer, made the experience even more meaningful.

In music, remembrance, and community, we found something truly powerful.

📸: Jae Yang

#thesacredveil #ericwhitacre #tmchoir #tmsingers #metunitedchurch taken in Metropolitan United Church by @jsvallee

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