"Talent has taken him from Montreal to Tokyo" (The New Classical FM)
Canadian-Romanian conductor Andrei Feher has earned a reputation for his musical maturity and integrity, natural authority on the podium, and an imaginative and intelligent approach to programming. He is hailed for his “ability to connect with his players, using their skills as if they were the piano and he the pianist” (The Record).
Following a memorable French music concert in November 2024, Andrei Feher was appointed Music Director of the Orchestre classique de Montréal. This marks an exceptional opportunity to work long-term with the OCM, developing as many projects as possible to share classical music with the entire Montreal community.
Feher regularly appears with top Canadian and European orchestras. His noteworthy 2019 debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, performing Stravinsky’s Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss, was recorded and airs on BBC Radio 3. Subscription appearances include Symphony Nova Scotia, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica RTVE Madrid, and Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Additional highlights include appearances as guest conductor with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Les Violons du Roy, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal and Romanian Radio National Orchestra.
Feher’s 2023/24 season marked debut appearances at Scottish Chamber Orchestra and at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest. In 2018, at the age of 26, Feher was named Music Director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, making him one of the youngest to lead a major Canadian orchestra. During his five-year tenure as Music Director, highlights include productions of Carmen, La Traviata, and Mahler’s Second Symphony, with numerous sold-out shows held at the Raffi Armenian Theatre.
Having gained early experience as assistant to Fabien Gabel at the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, at the age of 22 Feher joined the Orchestre de Paris as Assistant Conductor to its Music Director, Paavo Järvi. During this time he collaborated with conductors including Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Christoph von Dohnányi. Feher has also worked with some of today’s most eminent performers, including Emanuel Ax, Marc-André Hamelin, and Erin Wall. In 2013, he was awarded the Prix-Opus Discovery of the Year.
Born in Romania into a family of musicians, Feher began his musical education as a violinist in his hometown of Satu-Mare with Nagy Margareta, before continuing his studies in Montreal at age 13 when his family immigrated to Canada. An accomplished violinist, he studied at Joseph-François-Perrault and later pursued conducting at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal with Johanne Arel and Raffi Armenian.
