Jacques Lacombe

Jacques Lacombe, born July 14, 1963, in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, is a Canadian conductor. He started his musical education with choral singing and organ training, studying at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal and the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna. Lacombe's career began with roles at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1994 to 2006, including assistant and principal guest conductor positions. He led Les Grands Ballets Canadiens from 1990 to 2003 and the Philharmonie de Lorraine in Metz, France, from 1998 to 2001. Lacombe served as music director of the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières from 2006 to 2018 and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from 2010 to 2016. Lacombe's honors include being made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2012 and a Member of the Order of Canada in 2013. He conducted the French stage premiere of Wuthering Heights by Herrmann in Nancy in May 2019.