I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra plays a varied repertoire ranging from the 17th century to the present day. It has performed in New York's Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Seiji Ozawa Hall in Tanglewood, the Tonhalle in Zürich, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Kioi Hall in Tokyo and the Conservatoire de Musique in Luxembourg.
The director is Yuli Turovsky, who also has performed as cello soloist with the orchestra. From 2011 to 2020 the principal conductor of I Musici de Montréal was Jean-Marie Zeitouni.[1] In 2020, Jean-François Rivest[2] was appointed artistic advisor and principal guest conductor.
In December 1998, the Conseil Québécois de la Musique gave two Opus Awards to the orchestra for Recording Event of the Year and Best Recording - contemporary music for a CD grouping works by Henryk Górecki, Arvo Pärt and Alfred Schnittke. In 1999, I Musici de Montréal was awarded the Grand Prix by the Montreal Urban Community for their contribution to music presentation in and around Montreal.