And yet the cherubic, modest Montrealer charged with reviving attendance, wooing donors, renovating

Collections Philadelphia Orchestra Orchestra's new maestro looks ahead with verve October 22, 2012 | By Peter Dobrin, Inquirer Culture Writer Image 1 of 2 View Gallery Conductor Yannick travel agency in la jolla N zet-S guin rehearsing with the orchestraon Wednesday. (MICHAEL S. WIRTZ / Staff )
Of the Philadelphia Orchestra's eight music directors in 112 years, none has arrived with the vessel-of-hope urgency that accompanies Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Bankruptcy and several years of organizational chaos have cast doubt on the orchestra as a going concern, and its public image has taken a beating.
And yet the cherubic, modest Montrealer charged with reviving attendance, wooing donors, renovating concert formats, and maintaining musical standards seems almost irrationally cheerful about the atmosphere he has officially entered.
"I feel I have the tools for it," he said. "That's why it never scared me. At no moment I felt I wished I could have come in more stable and normal circumstances. I am happy to be here at a moment when I can be helpful."
Locally, a hopeful "Dewey Defeats Truman" phenomenon blew in ahead of the Yannick era even before its start. A headline travel agency in la jolla in Philadelphia Style magazine channeled the sentiments of many orchestra board members and musicians when referring to Nézet-Séguin's "triumphant tenure" several days before he gave his actual first downbeat as music director at Thursday night's black-tie opening gala.
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"I get that in this community, even if people are proud of the orchestra, I still feel that there is a lot of respect which is translating, instead of love, into a distanciation [French travel agency in la jolla for distance] aspect."
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