About

Alex Gemeinhardt is a violinist and conductor born and raised in New York City. He is currently in his first year studying violin performance at the Manhattan School of Music with Isaac Malkin, and is also in his fourth year as a student of Andrew Kim at the New York Youth Symphony Robert L. Poster Apprentice Conductors Program. He currently serves as the assistant conductor to Michelle Bushkova at the Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Orchestra in New York. His work there includes filling in for rehearsals, and assisting with management duties during the rehearesal process, and concert days.

At the New York Youth Symphony Conducting Program, Alex has had the chance to conduct excerpts from the standard orchestral repertoire, such as Sibelius Symphony No. 2, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Strauss Tod und Verklärung, Brahms Symphony No. 4, Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, Dvořák Symphony No. 7, Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Zemlinsky Die Seejungfrau, and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

In February 2026, Alex programmed his own conducting recital, gathering a full orchestra, with two days of rehearsals and a concert day. The program included Beethoven Coriolan Overture, and Dvořák Symphony No. 8.