VÉRONIQUE LUSSIER
Conductor
Véronique Lussier is a Canadian symphonic and operatic conductor, and pedagogue originating from the Montreal region of Quebec.
With a sensitive approach to music, Véronique brings an emotional intensity to her conducting that she passionately conveys to both musicians and the audience. She is recognized as a dynamic, unifying, creative, and versatile leader.
A career as a conductor and director artistic
Most recently, in 2025, Ms. Lussier conducted the Orchestre Classique de Montréal in the Opera Candy Hansel and Gretel in collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales Canada, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc in a Brahmsian repertoire, and participated in a significant event by the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec and Productions Bradyworks.
Associate Conductor in Tapestry Opera's Women in Musical Leadership program, she serves as Assistant Conductor for the National Youth Orchestra of Canada's 65th Anniversary Summer Tour.
Véronique honed her skills on many international stages.
She has conducted in Bulgaria (Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra), the Czech Republic (Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra) and the United States (Boulder Chamber Orchestra).She has worked with great maestros, including Johannes Schlaefli, Kirk Trevor, Tomas Netopil, Donald Schleicher, Lawrence Gohan, Michael Charry, Yoav Talmi and Peter Csaba.
She has also been guest conductor of several orchestras, festivals, events and music schools, including:
Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre philharmonique du Québec, Orchestre classique de Montréal, Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke, Sinfonia de Lanaudière, Bradyworks Productions, Festival Classica, Cirque Éloize, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Concerts-bénéfice Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Ottawa University Pops Symphony Orchestra, Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques, Orchestre symphonique de l'Université de Montréal, Chambristes de la Montérégie, Conservatoire de musique Montérégie, École Vincent-d’Indy, Festival Stella, Orchestre des jeunes de l’Université de Montréal, etc.
Véronique was the artistic director and principal conductor of the I Medici di McGill Orchestra from 2021 to 2024, offering benefit concerts in support of various humanitarian causes.
She was also an assistant conductor at the National Music Festival, on the Opus Prize Jury and directed a musical score in the film Arrival by filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.
Brilliant studies
To get there, Véronique did brilliant studies.
She earned a doctorate in orchestral conducting from the Université de Montréal, a master's degree in choral conducting from the Université de Sherbrooke, and a bachelor's degree in classical piano and pedagogy from the Université du Québec à Montréal.
She studied under the guidance of prestigious musicians such as Jean-François Rivest, Paolo Bellomia, Robert Ingari, and Pierre Jasmin.
Her teachers immediately noticed the potential of this gifted student, and she earned excellence scholarships:
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Faculty of higher studies of the University of Montreal
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Perras, Cholette & Cholette
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Friends of Art Fund
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Excellence scholarship for international travel (Université de Montréal)
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Council of Arts and Letters of Quebec
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Canada Council for the Arts, etc.
She also benefited from the support of patrons such as Roger Dubois (Canimex Group) and Jacques Marchand (LCI Education).
Audience Development
She was founder, artistic director and conductor of the Projet Ambassadeur de l’Orchestre philharmonique du Québec. This project of several concerts of classical and popular music with multimedia, carried out in collaboration with Développement des publics de la musique au Québec, made it possible to contribute to the influence of culture, to the democratization of classical music, to the revitalization of historical heritage of several municipalities. It also highlighted numerous artists, including several emerging artists.
Teaching
Her experience in music pedagogy, her lectures, as well as her involvement in the Steinberg and Choral Enchanté projects as an ambassador for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra during Kent Nagano's tenure, demonstrate her profound belief in the multidimensional and beneficial impact of music.
Event Production
Véronique is founder and artistic director of VLM Productions and the Humana Orchestra.