The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra has named Jean-Marie Zeitouni as its next music director.
Zeitouni, 51, from Montreal, has been music director of the Columbus Symphony and principal conductor and artistic director of I Musici de Montréal.
The Edmonton podium has been vacant for three years since the Englishman Alexander Prior departed.
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