Adam Johnson conducts the 2025 NYO Adventure concert.

Working at the highest levels of the Canadian music scene, award-winning conductor Adam Johnson has been hailed as "an exciting talent" and for his "charismatic and commanding presence" on the podium. He is Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, as well as Music Director of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and the Guelph Symphony Orchestra. He completed his tenure as resident conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) in 2019, and has conducted over 90 concerts with the OSM. He recorded his first full album, Riopelle Symphonique, with the OSM in 2022 and won an Opus Prize with the famed orchestra in 2018. Prior to his tenure in Montreal, Dr. Johnson worked for three seasons with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and continues to regularly guest conduct orchestras across Canada. Internationally, Adam Johnson has conducted at the Opéra National de Paris and has led orchestras in Spain, Germany and the United States.

Known for his extraordinary versatility, Dr. Johnson has conducted sold-out concerts with dozens of leading artists in a wide range of styles from pop to jazz to Broadway. He is also regularly invited to studio record with orchestras for major international projects and has recorded for virtual reality. He is Mécénat Musica Educator-in-Residence, creating educational materials for music educators and offering workshops and performances to increase the quantity and quality of music education for youth. A recipient of a Canada Council conducting award, he holds a doctorate in piano performance from the Université de Montréal and a prize in orchestral conducting from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal.