Artistic Leadership

Alain Trudel

Music Director of the Toledo Symphony and Artistic Director for the Toledo Jazz Orchestra, Alain Trudel has been praised for his “immense talent as conductor, musician and performer” (La Presse). Trudel also serves as Music Director of l’Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières and has held conducting positions with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra London, and the Orchestre Symphonique de Laval. As the former conductor of the CBC Radio Orchestra, Trudel elevated the ensemble to new heights of artistic quality, earning both public and critical acclaim. In addition to his conducting career, he is one of the world’s most respected and renowned trombonists, hailed as “the Jascha Heifetz of the trombone” (Le monde de la musique). Trudel is an Emmy and eight-time Juno nominee, was knighted by the government of Québec in 2020, and received a Jubilee medal from the Queen of England. Read More.