Eight-time Juno nominated and Emmy nominated Alain Trudel is Music Director of the Toledo Symphony and of l’Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières (Qué). He was knighted by the government of Québec in 2020 and received a Jubilee medal from the Queen of England. From 2006 to 2022 he was music director of l’Orchestre symphonique de Laval, taking the organization to new artistic heights and financial stability, “Every so often a perfect listening trance can befall one" (Fanfare Magazine). Trudel holds the Caroline Jobst Reimann Principal Conductor Chair.

He was also principal conductor of the CBC radio orchestra from 2006-2009 “probably the best thing that's ever happened to the orchestra” (Vancouver Sun). 

Trudel has conducted every major orchestra in Canada as well as orchestras in the UK, USA, Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Japan, Hong-Kong, Malaysia and Latin America. 

He has collaborated with many renowned artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Herbie Hancock, Midori, Pinchas Zukerman, and Branford Marsalis. He has been a regular guest with the Opéra de Montréal where he conducted classics such as Carmen, The Magic Flute, Hansel & Gretel, the premiere of the operatic version of Another Brick in the Wall as well as leading operas in Cincinnati, Québec and Toronto. Trudel was interim music director of the National Academy Orchestra and Brott festival, the most important orchestral festival in Canada, in 2022 and 2023, assuring a successful transition after the tragic passing of its founder.   

Hailed as “the Jascha Heifetz of the trombone” (Le monde de la musique) Alain Trudel is also one of the world’s most respected and renowned trombonists. In 2018 he was awarded the prestigious International Trombone Association Award for his outstanding contribution. A Yamaha artist for the last three decades, the company has internationally distributed the Alain Trudel mouthpiece designed with his specifications. 

Trudel is also an accomplished composer with commissions and premieres in America and Asia. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honours, among them the Choc de l’année du monde de la musique, Grand prix de l’académie Charles Cros, the Virginia Parker Prize.