Alain Altinoglu

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Alain Altinoglu
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Altinoglu at Rheingau Musik Festival, 2023
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975 (age 49)
Paris, France
Education Conservatoire de Paris
Occupations
  • Conductor
  • Academic teacher
Organizations
Spouse Nora Gubisch
Website www.alainaltinoglu.com

Alain Altinoglu (born 9 October 1975) is a French conductor of Armenian descent, and an academic teacher. He is chief conductor of both the La Monnaie opera in Brussels and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and has conducted at international opera houses, halls and festivals. He teaches at the Conservatoire de Paris.

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Life and career

Born in Paris, into an Armenian family who were originally from Istanbul, Altinoglu studied music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. [1] [2] After finishing his studies at the Conservatoire, he joined the school's faculty and became director of the conducting class there in 2014. [3]

Alain Altinoglu is one of the first conductors to conduct a production wholly, or partially composed of electronic music. In 2006 he conducted the symphonic orchestra that performed alongside Jeff Mills. [4]

Altinoglu first appeared as a guest conductor with La Monnaie in 2011, conducting a production of Massenet's Cendrillon . In September 2015, La Monnaie announced the appointment of Altinoglu as its next music director, effective January 2016; it was his first formal post with an opera house. [5] [6] In December 2019, La Monnaie announced the extension of Altinoglu's contract through 2025 [7] and then through 2031. [8] He has conducted opera at the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Aix-en-Provence Festival, and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, among others. [8] At the Bayreuth Festival, he conducted the 2015 performances of Lohengrin in the production by Hans Neuenfels; his conducting was described as "brisk, suspenseful, with a feeling for dramatic intensification and yet always transparent". [9]

Conducting Verdi's Un ballo in maschera in Choregies d'Orange in 2013 Orange - Choregies 7.jpg
Conducting Verdi's Un ballo in maschera in Chorégies d'Orange in 2013

In August 2019, Altinoglu first guest-conducted the Frankfurt Radio Symphony. In December 2019, the hr-Sinfonieorchester announced the appointment of Altinoglu as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021/22 season, with an initial contract of three seasons, as his first chief conductor position with a symphony orchestra. [10] Frankfurter Rundschau wrote about his inaugural concert: "Plastic, concise, perfectly coordinated" ("Plastisch, prägnant, perfekt koordiniert"). [11] In May 2023, the Hessischer Rundfunk announced an extension of Altinoglu's contract as the orchestra's chief conductor through the 2027–2028 season. [12] [13] The orchestra plays traditionally the opening concert of the Rheingau Musik Festival at Eberbach Abbey, where Altinoglu has presented French music, such as Poulenc's Stabat Mater with the MDR Rundfunkchor in 2023. [14]

Altinoglu is married to the mezzo-soprano Nora Gubisch. The couple perform in recital together, and have recorded commercially together. [15] [16] Altinoglu has also made other commercial recordings on CD and on DVD, including Pascal Dusapin's Perelà uomo di fumo, [17] Lalo's Fiesque , Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and Massenet's Thérèse . [18]

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References

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  4. ↑ Dene, Lewis. "BBC – Music – Review of Jeff Mills – Blue Potential". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Alain Altinoglu – Music Director of La Monnaie" (PDF) (Press release). Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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