Alan Gilbert (born February 23, 1967) is an American violinist and conductor. He is currently the Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, and made his debut performance as the orchestra's music director on September 16, 2009.
Alan Gilbert was born in New York City, into a New York Philharmonic family. Both his father, Michael Gilbert, and his Japanese mother, Yoko Takebe, have had careers as violinists in the Philharmonic — his father retire...
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Alan Gilbert (born February 23, 1967) is an American violinist and conductor. He is currently the Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, and made his debut performance as the orchestra's music director on September 16, 2009.
Alan Gilbert was born in New York City, into a New York Philharmonic family. Both his father, Michael Gilbert, and his Japanese mother, Yoko Takebe, have had careers as violinists in the Philharmonic — his father retired in 2001, and his mother still performs in the orchestra. Growing up in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Gilbert attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. As a youth, he learned the violin, viola, and piano.
In the 1980s Gilbert studied music at Harvard University, where he was music director of the Harvard Bach Society Orchestra in 1988–89. While in Boston, Gilbert also studied with violinist Masuko Ushioda at the New England Conservatory of Music. After obtaining his degree at Harvard, Gilbert studied at the Curtis Institute of Music...
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