Montreal Symphonique

On August 19, 2017, as part of Montreal's 375th anniversary festivities, was held at the foot of Mount Royal a grand symphonic concert bringing together for the first time McGill Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Métropolitain and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Under the musical direction of Simon Leclerc and directed by Monique Giroux, Montréal Symphonique brought together over 400 musicians, choristers and popular singers including Coeur de pirate, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Daniel Bélanger, Wyclef Jean, Pierre Lapointe, Diane Dufresne, Patrick Watson and several others.