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Appointment Artistic Director

The Governing Board of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is very pleased to announce that Elena Dubinets will be joining the orchestra as Artistic Director from 1 May 2025. In this role, she will complete the Managing Board with Managing Director Dominik Winterling and Director of Operations David Bazen.
Elena Dubinets, image: Sorina Reiber
Elena Dubinets, image: Sorina Reiber

Dorothee van Vredenburch, chair of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Governing Board:

‘The Board is pleased to announce the successful completion of the selection process for the position of Artistic Director. Elena Dubinets is a very experienced and passionate orchestra executive with a proven track record in developing concert programmes and artistic projects on the highest level, with an eye for diversity and newly composed music. We wish her every success in her new role.’

Dominik Winterling, Managing Director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra:

‘I am delighted that in Elena, we were able to gain an exceptional new colleague for our team. Together with her, we will continue to develop the position of the Concertgebouw Orchestra as one of the world’s leading symphony orchestras and strengthen its artistic profile. I am sure that Elena, with her extensive knowledge and creativity, will be an enrichment and inspiration for all of us!’

Elena Dubinets:

‘It is with great honour and pleasure that I have accepted the position of Artistic Director at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The rich history of the orchestra, the excellence and devotion of its musicians and conductors, the important role the orchestra plays in the communities that it serves and in music education both locally and globally as well as its long-standing tradition of working with living composers make this one of the world’s most inspiring positions in the performing arts. I look forward to meeting the orchestra’s musicians, staff members, audiences and stakeholders in Amsterdam and abroad, and I am of course delighted at the prospect of working with Klaus Mäkelä as the orchestra's future Chief Conductor.’

Elena Dubinets is currently the Artistic Director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and previously held top artistic positions at the Atlanta and Seattle symphony orchestras. In 2018 she was named one of Musical America’s Professionals of the Year. Ms Dubinets received MA and PhD degrees from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia, lived in the USA from 1996, and moved to London in 2021. She has taught at universities in the US, Russia and Costa Rica, has published five books and has written hundreds of articles, liner and programme notes in multiple languages.