OTTAWA — Canada's National Arts Centre has announced the next music director of its orchestra.

Finnish conductor John Storgards, who has served as the centre's principal guest conductor since 2015, will be the orchestra's eighth music director and will begin his tenure in September 2026.

Storgards is currently chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as artistic director of the Lapland Chamber Orchestra.

He succeeds Alexander Shelley, who will conclude his tenure as the orchestra's current music director this coming July.

A news release from the National Arts Centre notes that Storgards is also an accomplished violinist and chamber musician.

The release notes that as a conductor, he appears with many of the world's foremost orchestras, incl

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