Organ, brass and percussion perform Holst’s The Planets

Conductor Thomas Le Duc-Moreau’s inspiring enthusiasm and artistic sensitivity combine in an effective and humanistic symbiosis, highly appreciated by musicians and audiences alike. Upon graduating from his conservatory studies, Thomas was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, and subsequently of the OSM. His opera credits include two premieres in 2022 and 2023: Christian Thomas’ Messe solennelle pour une pleine lune d’été, based on the play by Michel Tremblay, and Yourcenar – Une île de passions by composer Éric Champagne at the Festival d’opéra de Québec. Since the beginning of his career, Thomas has conducted almost every symphony orchestra in Quebec, as well as the Prague National Theatre Orchestra of the Czech Republic. In 2022, he received the very first Prix Joseph-Rouleau awarded by the Fondation du Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec, in recognition and support of his promising early career. 

Jean-Willy Kunz is the organist-in-residence of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. A member of the OSM since 2013, he studied at the Conservatoires de musique in Grenoble, Lyon, and Montreal, as well as at McGill University. In 2011, he was awarded the Richard Bradshaw Audience Prize at the Canadian International Organ Competition. He has performed as a soloist with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Les Violons du Roy, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and has premiered numerous works by notable composers. 

In addition to his orchestral career, Jean-Willy is also an organ professor at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and serves as Artistic Director of the Canadian International Organ Competition.