Alain Altinoglu[a] (born 9 October 1975) is a French conductor of Armenian descent, and an academic teacher.

In September 2015, La Monnaie announced the appointment of Altinoglu as its next music director, effective January 2016; it was his first formal post with an opera house.

[11] Frankfurter Rundschau wrote about his inaugural concert: "Plastic, concise, perfectly coordinated" ("Plastisch, prägnant, perfekt koordiniert").

[13][14] The orchestra plays traditionally the opening concert of the Rheingau Musik Festival at Eberbach Abbey, where Altinoglu has presented French music, such as Poulenc's Stabat Mater with the MDR Rundfunkchor in 2023.

[16][17] Altinoglu has also made other commercial recordings on CD and on DVD, including Pascal Dusapin's Perelà uomo di fumo,[18] Lalo's Fiesque, Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and Massenet's Thérèse.