21st-century Canadian conductors (music)

The list 21st-century Canadian conductors (music) includes David Foster, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Barbara Hannigan, Guy Bélanger and Noel Edison. The list consists of 93 members.

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1.

David Foster

Canadian record producer and songwriter

Overview: David Walter Foster OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy ...

Date of birth: 1 November 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Katharine McPhee (Married)

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21st-century Canadian male musicians 285T

20th-century Canadian male musicians 310T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T
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Barbara Hannigan

Canadian operatic soprano

Overview: Barbara Hannigan CM (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and conductor, known for her performances of contemporary opera.

Date of birth: 8 May 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Partner: Mathieu Amalric (Long-Term)

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21st-century Canadian opera singers 24T

Canadian contemporary classical musicians 2T

20th-century Canadian conductors (music) 91T
3.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Canadian musician

Overview: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, CC (born Yannick Séguin; 6 March 1975) is a Canadian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal), the Metropolitan Opera, and ...

Date of birth: 6 March 1975

Age: 50

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Conductor

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Music directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra 10T

Male classical pianists 1,919T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T
4.

Guy Bélanger

Canadian opera singer and conductor

Overview: Guy Bélanger (born 24 November 1946) is a Canadian tenor, opera director, composer, and conductor. In 2004 he was awarded the Medal of the National Assembly of Quebec.

Date of birth: 24 November 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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21st-century Canadian male musicians 285T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T

Male conductors (music) 1,408T
5.

Peter Breiner

Slovak musician

Overview: Peter Breiner (born July 3, 1957, in Humenné, in former Czechoslovakia, present day Slovakia) is a Slovak pianist, conductor, and composer.

Date of birth: 3 July 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: Slovakian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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21st-century male musicians 9,676T

Male conductors (music) 1,408T

Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada 80T
6.

Gideon Gee-Bum Kim

Canadian-Korean musician

Overview: Gideon Gee-Bum Kim (Korean: 김기범, born September 12, 1964) is a Korean-Canadian classical music composer, conductor, and music educator and founder of the Toronto Messiaen Ensemble. His music draws on his ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Composer

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Male conductors (music) 1,408T

South Korean classical composers 19T

Canadian musicians of Korean descent 10T
7.

Noel Edison

Canadian conductor

Overview: Noel Edison OOnt (born November 16, 1958) is a Canadian conductor. He is currently the conductor of the Edison Singers.

Date of birth: 16 November 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Conductor

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Male conductors (music) 1,408T

21st-century conductors (music) 1,788T

Wilfrid Laurier University alumni 80T
8.

Julia Davids

Canadian singer

Overview: Julia Davids née Olson (born March 17, 1972) is a founding member and artistic director of the Canadian Chamber Choir. She is the music director of the North Shore Choral Society.

Date of birth: 17 March 1972

Age: 53

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

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21st-century Canadian women singers 544T

University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni 270T

21st-century women singers 8,493T
9.

François Dompierre

Canadian musician, songwriter and composer

Overview: François Dompierre C.M. (born July 1, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter and composer, best known as a composer of film scores.

Date of birth: 1 July 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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21st-century Canadian male musicians 285T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T

Canadian male non-fiction writers 791T
10.

Rick Wilkins

Canadian musician

Overview: Rick Herbert Richard Wilkins (born 1 February 1937) is a Canadian composer, conductor, and tenor saxophonist. He is primarily known for his work as an arranger. He has worked extensively for CBC and CTV ...

Date of birth: 1 February 1937

Age: 88

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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21st-century Canadian male musicians 285T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T

Male saxophonists 249T
11.

Ryan Shore

Canadian musician

Overview: Ryan Shore (born 29 December 1974) is a Canadian composer, songwriter, conductor, and music director for film, television, virtual reality, records, games, concerts, and theater. He is a graduate of the ...

Date of birth: 29 December 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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La-La Land Records artists 64T

Canadian male jazz musicians 117T

21st-century Canadian male musicians 285T
12.

Ben Steinberg

Canadian composer (1930–2023)

Overview: Ben Steinberg (born 22 January 1930 — died 10 February 2023) was a Canadian composer, conductor, organist, and music educator. A member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian ...

Date of birth: 22 January 1930

Date of death: 10 February 2023

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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2023 deaths 1,014T

21st-century Canadian male musicians 560T

21st-century male musicians 9,928T
13.

Julian Kuerti

Canadian conductor

Overview: Julian Andreas Kuerti (born September 28, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian conductor. He is the son of pianist Anton Kuerti and cellist Kristine Bogyo.

Date of birth: 28 September 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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Hungarian male musicians 111T

Male conductors (music) 1,408T

Jewish Canadian musicians 124T
14.

Sarah MacDonald (musician)

Choral conductor and organist (b1968)

Overview: Sarah MacDonald (born November 22, 1968) is a Canadian-born organist, conductor, and composer, living in the UK, and currently holds the positions of Fellow and Director of Music at Selwyn College, Ca ...

Date of birth: 22 November 1968

Age: 56

Occupation: Conductor

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Women organists 151T

21st-century women musicians 2,343T

21st-century organists 647T
15.

Alexandre Da Costa

Canadian violinist

Overview: Alexandre Da Costa is a Canadian concert violinist from Montreal, Quebec.

Date of birth: 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Violinist

Gender: Male

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Male classical violinists 1,044T

21st-century Canadian male musicians 285T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T
16.

Alexis Hauser

Austrian music conductor

Overview: Alexis Hauser is an Austrian conductor who is the music director of the McGill Symphony Orchestra and the McGill Sinfonietta, as well as a faculty member with the Schulich School of Music of McGill Un ...

Date of birth: 19 October 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: Austrian

Occupation: Conductor

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Male conductors (music) 1,408T

Musicians from Vienna 480T

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni 232T
17.

Owen Underhill

Canadian composer and conductor

Overview: Owen Underhill (born January 26, 1954) is a Canadian composer, flutist and conductor based in Vancouver. He is currently a professor of music at Simon Fraser University. He has been an active contributor ...

Date of birth: 26 January 1954

Age: 71

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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20th-century Canadian conductors (music) 91T

21st-century Canadian male musicians 285T

20th-century Canadian male musicians 310T
18.

Kristian Alexander

Canadian music conductor

Overview: Kristian Alexander is a Canadian conductor, music director, and philanthropist. He is the founding Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Kindred Spirits Orchestra (Toronto, Canada), the founding ...

Date of birth: 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: Bulgarian

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20th-century Canadian conductors (music) 91T

Male conductors (music) 1,408T

Musicians from Sofia 81T
19.

Geoffrey Moull

Canadian professional conductor

Overview: Geoffrey Moull is a Canadian professional conductor. He was principal conductor of the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra and music director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra.

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Conductor

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McGill University School of Music alumni 73T

Male classical pianists 1,921T

21st-century male musicians 9,686T
20.

Sandra Horst

Canadian pianist, vocal coach, and choral conductor

Overview: Sandra Horst is a Canadian pianist, vocal coach, and choral conductor. She is the chorus master at the Canadian Opera Company. She was profiled in the July 2009 issue of Opera News. She graduated with ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Female

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21st-century Canadian pianists 159T

Canadian women pianists 109T

21st-century women musicians 2,343T