Alain Altinoglu
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. He teaches at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Alain Altinoglu

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- Born
- 1975. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- conductor, composer, pianist and musician.
- Fields
- conducting, performing arts, music and opera.
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris.
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of Arts and Letters and International Opera Award.
- Languages
- French.
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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. He teaches at the Conservatoire de Paris.
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Alain Altinoglu (born 1975) is a French composer, conductor and musician, among other activities. The composer was born in Paris.
Alain Altinoglu studied at Conservatoire de Paris. The composer worked for Conservatoire de Paris and held the position of music director. Alain Altinoglu is active in conducting, music and opera.
Genres include classical music. Languages used include French. The composer received Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, International Opera Award and Officer of Arts and Letters.
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Life and career
He conducted performances and recordings of rarely played operas, such as Massenet's Thérèse and Lalo's Fiesque, and of new music including Pascal Dusapin's Perelà uomo di fumo.
Alain Altinoglu studied at Conservatoire de Paris. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is conducting, performing arts and music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Conservatoire de Paris. Positions recorded include music director. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of Arts and Letters and International Opera Award.
Altinoglu was born in Paris to an Armenian family who were originally from Istanbul. In Istanbul, the Armenian surname Altunyan was turkified to Altinoglu. Altinoglu studied music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. After finishing his studies at the Conservatoire, Altinoglu joined the school's faculty and became director of the conducting class there in 2014. Altinoglu conducted a concert performance of Lalo's neglected first opera Fiesque in 2006, with Roberto Alagna in the title role, Michelle Canniccioni as Léonore, Béatrice Uria-Monzon as Julie, Franck Ferrari as Verrina, the Radio Latvia Choir and Orchestra of Montpellier on 27 July 2006; a recording of it was released in 2011 by DG. He conducted a concert performance of Bernard Herrmann's opera Wuthering Heights with the Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier for Radio France in 2010, which was released as CD in 2011. 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. In December 2019, La Monnaie announced the extension of Altinoglu's contract through 2025. In August 2025, La Monnaie announced a further extension of Altinoglu's contract as its music director through 2031. • Illustration — Conducting Verdi's Un ballo in maschera in Chorégies d'Orange in 2013 Altinoglu conducted a concert revival of Massenet's Thérèse on 21 July 2012 at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, with Nora Gubisch, Charles Castronovo and Étienne Dupuis in the leading roles, which resulted in a recording released in 2013. At the Bayreuth Festival, he conducted the 2015 performances of Lohengrin in the production by Hans Neuenfels. In August 2019, Altinoglu first guest-conducted the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester). 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. In May 2023, the Hessischer Rundfunk announced an extension of Altinoglu's contract as the orchestra's chief conductor through the 2027–2028 season. The orchestra has traditionally played the opening concert of the Rheingau Musik Festival at Eberbach Abbey, where Altinoglu has presented French music, such as Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass with the MDR Rundfunkchor in a live-streamed concert in 2025. Altinoglu is the music director of Festival International de Colmar since 2022. Altinoglu is married to the mezzo-soprano Nora Gubisch. The couple perform in recital together, and have recorded commercially together. Altinoglu has also made other recordings on CD and on DVD, including Pascal Dusapin's Perelà uomo di fumo, and Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher. He recorded Khachaturian's Piano Concerto and Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with Nareh Arghamanyan and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2015.
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Awards
• 2023 Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres • 2025 International Opera Awards Best conductor
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- 1.Mirak-Weissbach, Muriel. Alain Altinoglu Comes to Frankfurt. The Mirror-Spectator.
- 2.Biography. www.alainaltinoglu.com.
- 3.Alain Altinoglu – Concertgebouworkest. www.concertgebouworkest.nl.
- 4."Le Conservatoire accueille un nouveau Chef d'Orchestre : Alain Altinoglu". Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, 14 November 2013.
- 5.Pierchon, Nicolas. Création concertante de Fiesque, premier opéra de Lalo. ResMusica. 27 July 2006.
- 6.Wuthering Heights. bernardherrmann.org. 2025.
- 7.Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. Alain Altinoglu – Music Director of La Monnaie. 2 September 2015.
- 8.Koen van Boxern. Alain Altinoglu moet orkest De Munt in juiste richting sturen. De Tijd. 2 September 2015.
- 9.Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. Alain Altinoglu, Directeur musical de la Monnaie jusqu'en 2025. 5 December 2019.
- 10.Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. Alain Altinoglu, Music Director of La Monnaie until 2031. 26 August 2025.
- 11.Clements, Andrew. Jules Massenet: Thérèse – review. The Guardian. 18 July 2013.
- 12.Andy Gill. Album review: Alain Altinoglu, Choeur et Orchestre Opéra National Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Massenet: Thérèse (Palazzetto Bru Zane/Ediciones Singulares). The Independent. 2 August 2013.
- 13.Alain Altinoglu. Bayerischer Rundfunk. 23 August 2015.
- 14.Hessischer Rundfunk. Alain Altinoglu wird zur Saison 2021/22 neuer Chefdirigent des hr-Sinfonieorchesters Frankfurt. 5 December 2019.
- 15.Naturgewalten und Trompeten. hr-sinfonieorchester.de. 3 May 2023.
- 16.Vertrag mit Alain Altinoglu, Chefdirigent des hr-Sinfonieorchesters, verlängert – neue musikzeitung. nmz. 3 May 2023.
- 17.Rheingau Musik Festival eröffnet. Hessenschau. 21 June 2025.
- 18.Alain Altinoglu. Die Münchner Philharmoniker.
- 19.Andrew Clark. Nora Gubisch and Alain Altinoglu: Folk Songs – review. Financial Times. 18 July 2014.
- 20.Andy Gill. Album: Nora Gubisch, Alain Altinoglu, Ravel: Mélodies (Naïve). The Independent. 18 August 2012.
- 21.Clements, Andrew. Dusapin: Perelà – Uomo di Fumo, Graham-Hall/ Philippe/ Perraud/ Mahe/ Montpellier Opera/ Altinoglu. The Guardian. 17 March 2005.
- 22.Gutman, David. Khachaturian; Prokofiev Piano Concertos. Gramophone. 17 March 2015.
- 23.Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres – été 2023. Ministère de la Culture. 30 November 2023.
- 24.Alain Altinoglu erhält französischen "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres". hr-sinfonieorchester.de. 15 December 2023.
- 25.Altinoglu wins Best Conductor at International Opera Awards. The Brussels Times.
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