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Alan Gilbert (born 1967) is an
American conductor.
Biography
He was born in
New York in 1967. His father, Michael Gilbert, is a retired violinist from the
New York Philharmonic, while his Japanese mother, Yoko Takebe, continues to play as a member of the orchestra. Growing up in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, he attended the
Ethical Culture Fieldston School. His parents were his first music teachers. Gilbert then studied the violin and viola at
Harvard University, the
Curtis Institute of Music, the
New England Conservatory and the
Juilliard School of Music. He has also studied privately with
Georg Solti. He won first prize at the
International Competition for Musical Performance in
Geneva. In
1997 he received the
Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award. He has served as Assistant Concertmaster of the orchestra of the
Santa Fe Opera.
Career
Gilbert became the chief conductor of the
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in January 2000. He is scheduled to relinquish this position in 2008 to
Sakari Oramo. In 2001, he made his conducting debut at
Santa Fe Opera (SFO) in a production of
Giuseppe Verdi's
Falstaff, and in 2003, he became SFO's first Music Director. His initial contract concluded at the end of the 2006 season. In November 2006, it was reported that Gilbert would be on "official sabbatical from June through August 2007" to spend more time with his family., and an examination of the SFO
2007 "Season Overview"
page didn't list him as conducting any of the
2007 productions. In May
2007, Santa Fe Opera announced that Gilbert had officially concluded his tenure as their music director.
Gilbert has guest-conducted with many American orchestras, including the
New York Philharmonic,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra,
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,
Boston Symphony Orchestra,
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the
Cleveland Orchestra. He has been Principal Guest Conductor of the
NDR Symphony Orchestra since 2004.
On
July 18,
2007, the
New York Philharmonic named Gilbert as its next music director, effective with the 2009-2010 season. He made his conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic in 2001 and guest-conducted 31 concerts before being named to this position. His tenure is scheduled to begin in the 2009-2010 season, and to include a commitment of 12 subscription weeks of concerts per season, for five years. When he assumes this role, he'll be the first native New Yorker to hold the title.
Family
Gilbert is married to the Swedish cellist Kajsa William-Olsson, a member of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. They have two children.
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