Alan Gilbert
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American Conductor Alan Gilbert, 58, has renewed his contract as Music Director of the Royal Swedish Opera (RSO) until the end of 2029, with possibility of further extension. He began his tenure with the company in 2021, and was named Royal Court Kapellmeister by the King of Sweden a year later.

Alan Gilbert combines the role of music director at the Royal Swedish Opera with the chief conductorship of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, which he took up in autumn 2019 after eight years as music director of the New York Philharmonic.