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READ PRESS ARTICLES about the announcement of Jacques Lacombe as the NJSO's 13th Music Director. |
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Lacombe’s dynamic subtlety and zest made [Carmina Burana] fly by. He is a musician’s conductor, the rapport he achieved in rehearsal coming through on stage; blessed with a rare memory, he worked without a score, maximizing his eye contact with the orchestra and chorus, the intimacy aurally apparent.
—Carmina Burana with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, The Star-Ledger, November 9, 2008 |
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Robert Carsen’s new Ariadne auf Naxos has already been seen in Munich, but, judging by the cheers from the Berliners, it’s found a very welcome home at its second berth, particularly with the sensitive conducting of Jacques Lacombe.
—Ariadne auf Naxos, Deutsche Oper Berlin, The London Times, February 20, 2009 |
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And the Quebec-born conductor Jacques Lacombe elicits a lithe, crisp and refreshingly unmannered performance of Strauss’s beguiling and sophisticated score.
—The New York Times, December 21, 2005 |
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The audience gave a standing ovation largely, I think, because the conductor conducted so that the orchestra itself would shine, and it did.
—Edmonton Journal, May 18, 2006 |
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[Lacombe] is doing a splendid job, eliciting sounds both firm and fine from the players, who obviously trust him.
—The Montreal Gazette, January 23, 2003 |
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The French-Canadian conductor Jacques Lacombe, making his Royal Opera debut, is supportive in pacing his music, and conducts with flair and an eye for detail throughout.
—The Times, July 14, 2009 |
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| In the News |
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| May 16, 2010 Asbury Park Press; "New music head to lead in 'Best of' finale" |
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"Jacques Lacombe, the new music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, will lead the ensemble at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Saturday, May 22, in the final "Best Of — " program of the current season. Lacombe officially takes the reins of the orchestra for the 2010-11 season. But he is already performing with the ensemble ... On April 23, following the announcement that he was the group's Music Director Designate, Lacombe led a critically acclaimed performance with the orchestra in Newark. Now local audiences will get to hear him as well in a one-hour program themed around composers writing for the piano."
Read the article [app.com] |
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| May 19, 2010 U.S. 1; “Jacques Lacombe Picks Up the Baton at NJSO” |
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“Lacombe is eager to participate in every activity of the NJSO, rather than limiting himself to the major subscription concerts. In 2010–11, his inaugural season, he is scheduled to conduct not only subscription events, but special concerts, and concerts in the ‘Best of’ series, as well as the Pops series and the Family series. ‘The relationship between a conductor and an orchestra is like a marriage,’ Lacombe says. ‘The first season is like a honeymoon, where you get to know, discover, and surprise each other.’”
Read the article [princetoninfo.com] |
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| April 23, 2010 The New York Times, "A Conductor Visits Before Moving In" |
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"The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra offered a glimpse of its future on Thursday afternoon at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center here, when Jacques Lacombe, a fresh-faced conductor from the Trois-Rivières Symphony Orchestra in Quebec, led the ensemble for the first time since being chosen to be its next music director. Based on this initial encounter, a program featuring standard works by Brahms and Dvořák, the prognosis is decidedly positive."
Read the article [nytimes.com] |
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| April 20, 2010 The Star-Ledger; "In the chord of ... Jersey" |
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"While his official tenure begins in the fall, his first NJSO concerts in the new role will take place Thursday through Sunday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark and the State Theatre in New Brunswick. The extra rehearsal, unusually far in advance, was just one indicator that Lacombe is about to be a very active, involved leader. 'I’ve always seen my role as a conductor as to be almost part of the orchestra,' Lacombe says. 'I am first, and above all, a musician.'"
Read the article [nj.com] |
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| October 25, 2009 Asbury Park Press; "Jacques Lacombe picks up NJSO baton" |
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"In addition to a broadly based talent, Lacombe brings to the position a curiosity about his newly adopted home. 'One of the things I was struck by was how many talents come from New Jersey,' Lacombe said. 'It's a very rich and impressive community.' Audiences can expect the conductor to explore some of the repertoire from that community, some old, some new and some neglected..."
Read the article [app.com] |
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| October 21, 2009 The Star-Ledger, "NJSO plucks conductor from Canada" |
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“The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra yesterday introduced Jacques Lacombe as its new conductor, saying the young French Canadian will infuse a different spirit into the state-wide organization.”
Read the article [nj.com] |
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| October 21, 2009 The Montreal Gazette; “Conductor lands job in New Jersey” |
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“Jacques Lacombe, a conductor known to Montrealers for his formerly frequent appearances in Place des Arts, will succeed Neeme Järvi as music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in September.”
Read the article [montrealgazette.com] |
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| October 21, 2009 MusicalAmerica.com; "New Jersey Symphony Taps Canadian MD" |
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"Montreal-based conductor Jacques Lacombe is to be the 13th music director of the New Jersey Symphony, starting in Sept. 2010 and succeeding Neeme Järvi ... Lacombe has led the 87-year-old NJSO in only one program, 'Carmina Burana,' but those performances last season seem to have left an indelible impression."
Read the article [MusicalAmerica.com] (MusicalAmerica.com account required.) |
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| October 20, 2009 The New York Times, "New Maestro for N.J. Symphony Orchestra" |
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The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra said on Tuesday that it had appointed a Canadian conductor with a strong background in opera as its next music director. The orchestra’s new maestro, Jacques Lacombe, will take over in September with a contract to run for three seasons.
Read the article [nytimes.com] |
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October 20, 2009 nj.com Real-Time News;
“New Jersey Symphony Orchestra names Jacques Lacombe as conductor" |
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“‘The week I was here, there was this great chemistry,’ said [NJSO Music Director Designate Jacques] Lacombe … ‘You don’t know why, but it seems a perfect fit.’”
Read the article [nj.com] |
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| October 20, 2009 The Philadelphia Inquirer; “New Music Director for New Jersey Symphony Orchestra” |
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“Jacques Lacombe is the new leader of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra announced today. Lacombe conducts two weeks of concerts this season as music-director-designate. Starting in Sept. 2010, he takes the full title, conducting the orchestra nine or ten weeks a year. He has a three-year contract.”
Read the article [philly.com] |
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| October 20, 2009 Asbury Park Press; “NJSO hires new music director—its 13th” |
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“‘To say that Jacques Lacombe impressed in his performance of ‘Carmina Burana’ is an understatement,’ said Ruth Lipper, a co-chairwoman NJSO's board of trustees and head of the search committee. ‘His command of the ensemble and his stage presence electrified the Orchestra and audience alike.’”
Read the article [app.com] |
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| October 20, 2009 Associated Press; “NJ Symphony Orchestra names new conductor” |
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“The orchestra announced Tuesday that 46-year-old Jacques Lacombe will succeed Neeme Jarvi…He will be the orchestra's 13th music director.”
Read the article [google.com] |
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