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Born in Montreal, Émile Grou is a conductor characterized by his thoughtful and unifying leadership.
Émile is the guest conductor of the Kindred Spirits Orchestra this summer, with whom he will perform at the Collingwood Music Festival.
He recently completed his term as assistant conductor to Andrei Feher of the Orchestre classique de Montréal for the 2025-26 season, as part of the Kunerth-Lafond mentorship program.
Émile holds a Master's in Conducting from the Haute École de musique de Genève. He has participated in various masterclasses in Canada, France and Switzerland with internationally renowned conductors, and was most recently selected as a promising conductor in the RBC Canadian Conductor Showcase 2025.
Knowing how to take the initiative, he co-founded the Orchestre Symphonique Étudiant de l'Université de Montréal in 2018 and has worked to make this organization a key part of the institution's cultural life.
In 2024, he was sponsored by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec to participate in the Allegra Festival & Masterclass with Prof. Johannes Schlaefli and Prof. Christoph-Mathias Mueller
