“French conductor Alain Altinoglu, 44, is to succeed Andrés Orozco-Estrada as chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra as of 2021-22 for three seasons,” writes Nicholas Beard in Thursday’s (12/6) Musical America (subscription required). Orozco-Estrada is music director of the Houston Symphony and will also become music director of the Vienna Symphony in fall 2020. “Altinoglu is the current music director of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, where he has just extended his contract until 2025…. Altinoglu, a Frenchman of Armenian descent, is a frequent podium guest of the Vienna Philharmonic. He made his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2017 and will lead the Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam for the first time early next year. His American orchestral credits include the major ensembles of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, and Philadelphia…. Opera credits include Berlioz’s Les Troyens at the Vienna State Opera and Tristan und Isolde and Lohengrin at La Monnaie, along with past appearances at the Met, Covent Garden, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, the Zurich Opera House, and Deutsche Oper Berlin…. Altinoglu, born in Paris in 1975, studied at the Conservatoire Supérieure de musique et danse.”
Posted December 11, 2019
