(Credit: Fred Stucker)

The Orchestre Classique de Montréal has announced that Jacques Lacombe is stepping down from his position as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor.

“The Board of Directors of the Orchestre Classique de Montréal thanks him for his contribution over the past season, and wishes him every success in his future endeavours,” said Joel Carrier, Chairman of the OCM Board of Directors, in an official press release.

Lacombe is the music director of the Vancouver Opera and has held leadership positions with the Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Bonn Opera, New Jersey Symphony, and Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières. He has also worked with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Teatre des Champs Élysées, Festival Internacional de Ópera Alejandro Granda, and the Taiwan Philharmonic National Symphony Orchestra, among others.

He has also collaborated with such soloists as  Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yefim Bronfman, Sarah Chang, Yo-Yo Ma, Branford Marsalis, Gil Shaham, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, André Watts, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Renee Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu, Frederica von Stade, Roberto Alagna, José Cura, Dimitri Hovrostovsky and Bryn Terfel.

The Orchestre Classique de Montréal will announce its new season this August.