Gilmour studied at the Vienna Hochschule fur Musik with a scholarship after being educated at Oxford University. While in Vienna, he studied conducting and worked with Sir John Pritchard and Leonard Bernstein on various operatic and orchestral projects. Gilmour also studied with Carlos Kleiber. In November 2007, Gilmour was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Sofia Music Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Gilmour has close collaboration with Gian Carlo Menotti since they met in Florence in 1980's. Gilmour was promptly invited to the Spoleto Festival for Cosi fan tutte, followed by reviews covering both his great technical and musical accomplishments range from the New York Times to Il Giornale. Critical acclaim ensured Gilmour's and Menotti's continuing co-operation in Western Europe and America on several productions including Le Nozze di Figaro and The Medium and Montezuma.
In 1985, Gilmour made his UK orchestral debut conducting the English Chamber Orchestra after assisting Bernstein on a series of Brahms concerts and recordings at the Vienna Philharmonic. He has also conducted the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St John's and the English Sinfonia.
In 1990 he conducted Menotti's production of Le Nozze di Figaro with Renée Fleming. Gilmour was invited to conduct the London Mozart Players' prestigious Mozart Bicentenary Tour of the Far East in 1991, and recorded a commemorative disc of the tour in Taiwan that featured major Asian soloists on traditional Chinese instruments.
In 1992, Gilmour became the Principal Conductor of the Bulgarian State Opera, where he conducted Il trovatore, Aida, Don Carlo, La traviata, Macbeth, L’italiana in Algeria and Il barbiere di Siviglia. He also conducted a new production of Graun's opera seria at the Spoleto Festival in the U.S. in 1995.[2] In 1996, Gilmour and the English Sinfonia launched Inside Music – an educational project with prestigious performances of important classical repertoire, where he and composer David Bedford engaged in a teaching program for 7- to 12-year-old children. In 1999 Gilmour conducted twelve performances of Rigoletto in London and a Gala Concert at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Since 2000, as artistic director of the Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Gilmour has conducted a wide range of repertoire including Stravinsky's Firebird, Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven symphonies and Mahler's 9th symphony.[3] In February 2006, Gilmour was appointed Chief Guest Conductor of The New Queen's Hall Orchestra, London.
In May 2008, Gilmour, at the invitation of the United Nations, became the first foreign conductor to perform in Baghdad since 2003, leading Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra (INSO) in an historic concert that played to international acclaim, despite power cuts and rocket attacks.[4][5][6][7]
Recordings
Gilmour's recordings include Mozart, Schubert and Schumann symphonies.
^Alexandra Zavis (22 May 2008). "Iraq orchestra brings a musical dialogue to parliament". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^"Iraqi orchestra pushes unity in rare performance". Reuters. 21 May 2008.
External links
Official website
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Oliver John Gilmour born 18 December 1953 is a British classical music conductor Contents 1 Biography 2 Education and career 3 Recordings 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditBorn into a political family Gilmour is the second son of Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar a son of Sir John Little Gilmour 2nd Bt and Hon Victoria Laura Cadogan and Lady Caroline Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott Gilmour married Hon Katherine Grenfell daughter of Peter George Grenfell 2nd Baron St Just and Maria Britneva in 1981 They were divorced in 1985 1 Education and career EditThis article reads like a press release or a news article and may be largely based on routine coverage Please expand this article with properly sourced content to meet Wikipedia s quality standards event notability guideline or encyclopedic content policy July 2010 Gilmour studied at the Vienna Hochschule fur Musik with a scholarship after being educated at Oxford University While in Vienna he studied conducting and worked with Sir John Pritchard and Leonard Bernstein on various operatic and orchestral projects Gilmour also studied with Carlos Kleiber In November 2007 Gilmour was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Sofia Music Academy Sofia Bulgaria Gilmour has close collaboration with Gian Carlo Menotti since they met in Florence in 1980 s Gilmour was promptly invited to the Spoleto Festival for Cosi fan tutte followed by reviews covering both his great technical and musical accomplishments range from the New York Times to Il Giornale Critical acclaim ensured Gilmour s and Menotti s continuing co operation in Western Europe and America on several productions including Le Nozze di Figaro and The Medium and Montezuma In 1985 Gilmour made his UK orchestral debut conducting the English Chamber Orchestra after assisting Bernstein on a series of Brahms concerts and recordings at the Vienna Philharmonic He has also conducted the Scottish Chamber Orchestra the Orchestra of St John s and the English Sinfonia In 1990 he conducted Menotti s production of Le Nozze di Figaro with Renee Fleming Gilmour was invited to conduct the London Mozart Players prestigious Mozart Bicentenary Tour of the Far East in 1991 and recorded a commemorative disc of the tour in Taiwan that featured major Asian soloists on traditional Chinese instruments In 1992 Gilmour became the Principal Conductor of the Bulgarian State Opera where he conducted Il trovatore Aida Don Carlo La traviata Macbeth L italiana in Algeria and Il barbiere di Siviglia He also conducted a new production of Graun s opera seria at the Spoleto Festival in the U S in 1995 2 In 1996 Gilmour and the English Sinfonia launched Inside Music an educational project with prestigious performances of important classical repertoire where he and composer David Bedford engaged in a teaching program for 7 to 12 year old children In 1999 Gilmour conducted twelve performances of Rigoletto in London and a Gala Concert at Royal Opera House Covent Garden London Since 2000 as artistic director of the Sofia Symphony Orchestra Gilmour has conducted a wide range of repertoire including Stravinsky s Firebird Verdi s Requiem Beethoven symphonies and Mahler s 9th symphony 3 In February 2006 Gilmour was appointed Chief Guest Conductor of The New Queen s Hall Orchestra London In May 2008 Gilmour at the invitation of the United Nations became the first foreign conductor to perform in Baghdad since 2003 leading Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra INSO in an historic concert that played to international acclaim despite power cuts and rocket attacks 4 5 6 7 Recordings EditGilmour s recordings include Mozart Schubert and Schumann symphonies References Edit Charles Mosley editor Burke s Peerage Baronetage amp Knightage 107th edition 3 volumes Wilmington Delaware U S A Burke s Peerage Genealogical Books Ltd 2003 volume 1 page 563 Hereinafter cited as Burke s Peerage and Baronetage 107th edition Donal Henahan 27 May 1988 Review Opera Graun s Montezuma The New York Times Retrieved 20 May 2010 Elanor Wilson New Bulgarian royal orchestra has Scottish twist Retrieved 8 March 2001 Haynes Deborah 22 May 2008 British conductor Oliver Gilmour leads Iraq s National Symphony Orchestra The Times London Retrieved 20 May 2010 The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra Performs United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq Alexandra Zavis 22 May 2008 Iraq orchestra brings a musical dialogue to parliament Los Angeles Times Retrieved 20 May 2010 Iraqi orchestra pushes unity in rare performance Reuters 21 May 2008 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oliver Gilmour amp oldid 1073620059, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
