Earlier this week, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of  Jacques Lacombe as its new Music Director.  Maestro Lacombe, music director of the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières since 2006 (and associated for a number of seasons previous with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal), will serve as the NJSO’s Music Director designate for the 2010-11 season.  He will then take up a three year appointment as music director with the orchestra – duties he will combine with his continued work in Trois-Rivières .

In a published statement, the board chair of the OSTR, M. Jean-Marc Vanasse congratulated Maestro Lacombe and the NJSO, noting that “we are proud to share his immense talent with an orchestra of the NJSO’s stature, with no doubt that he will rise to the challenge with brio – and a trifluvian flair!” 

For the complete story, you can visit the OSTR’s website here.

To read the New York Times’ coverage of the appointment, click here.