Alexander Gedeon
Director

Alexander Gedeon is a multidisciplinary artist and critically acclaimed director of opera and concert-theater based in New York City. Embracing a multitude of forms and genres, his work has been called “provocative, visually stunning” and “a perfect, experimental approach to opera” (The San Diego Union-Tribune). His production of Everything Rises at BAM’s Next Wave festival was a New York Times Critic’s Pick.

Directing highlights include two Rolling Stone video premieres for Grammy-winning vocalist Judith Hill (Dame de la Lumière and Black Widow); co-directing both Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis (New World Symphony) and This Ghost of Slavery (National Museum of African American History and Culture), written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, with Yuval Sharon; Concerto for Having Fun with Elvis on Stage (REDCAT); La tragédie de Carmen (San Diego Opera); and Sanctuaries, a new opera about gentrification at Portland’s Memorial Coliseum.

As a bandleader and theater artist, Alexander has presented work at Joe’s Pub (New York), REDCAT, and The Ford (Los Angeles). He previously led the musical group Trick & the Heartstrings—with a live show that London’s New Musical Express called “a supertight howl of righteous rhythm and blues with jaw-dropping pop twists”—working alongside legendary U.K. producer Paul Epworth and receiving airplay on BBC Radio. He will release new music and unveil an untitled concert-theater work in 2026.

Alexander has guest directed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and New York University, and guest lectured at the University of Southern California and Harvard. He graduated summa cum laude from New York University’s Experimental Theatre Wing and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.