Alan Gilbert

He played the violin and violin as a child and was initially taught by his parents. After school, he studied composition at Harvard and violin at the New England Conservatory of Music. Alan Gilbert graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Juilliard School of Music. First he was a violin and viola player in the Philadelphia Orchestra for two years. Then, in 1993, he became second concertmaster of the Santa Fé Opera Orchestra. Back in 1994, he won the Concours de Genève in the "Orchestra Conducting" category at the international music competition for piano, singing and other musical instruments in Geneva. From 1995 to 1997 he was assistant conductor of the symphony orchestra in Cleveland, Ohio, under the German Christoph von Dohnányi. In 2000 Alan Gilbert became chief conductor and artistic advisor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. From then on he had a lightning career, especially as a guest conductor. The following year he played for the first time with