Gabriel van Aalst, President & CEO of the New Jersey Symphony since 2016, is leaving in September to run a performing arts centre in Dayron, Ohio.
An Australian who studied in London and was CEO of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, van Aalst formed a vibrant partnership at NJSO with its music director Xian Zhang.
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