The National Arts Centre Orchestra celebrates the life and music of Quebec composer and educator Jacques Hétu.

Free tickets are available in person at the NAC Box Office.

One of Canada’s most esteemed and frequently performed composers, Hétu’s catalogue includes some 70 works, including symphonies, opera, choral and chamber music, and concertos for numerous instruments.

Jacques Hétu’s relationship with the National Arts Centre began in 1977, when the NAC commissioned Antinomie, which the Orchestra performed under the baton of Mario Bernardi. Pinchas Zukerman chose two works by Hétu to showcase on the Orchestra’s landmark European tour in 1990 and on the 2006 Quebec tour. The National Arts Centre had commissioned a major new work from Jacques Hétu, but his untimely death in 2010 intervened.

An exhibition chronicling the composer’s life and career will be in the foyer of Southam Hall from February 7 to 17