Clive Gillinson

Clive Gillinson became Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall in July 2005, having been appointed the previous season. Mr. Gillinson is responsible for developing the artistic concept for Carnegie Hall presentations in its three halls – the celebrated Isaac Stern Auditorium (cap. 2804), the innovative new Zankel Hall (cap. 600), and the intimate Weill Recital Hall (cap. 268). He also oversees the management of all aspects of the world-renowned venue, including strategic and artistic planning, resource development, education, finance, and administration.

 

Clive Gillinson became Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall in July 2005, having been appointed the previous season. Mr. Gillinson is responsible for developing the artistic concept for Carnegie Hall presentations in its three halls – the celebrated Isaac Stern Auditorium (cap. 2804), the innovative new Zankel Hall (cap. 600), and the intimate Weill Recital Hall (cap. 268). He also oversees the management of all aspects of the world-renowned venue, including strategic and artistic planning, resource development, education, finance, and administration.
Clive Gillinson was born in Bangalore, India, in 1946; his mother was a professional cellist and his father, a businessman, also wrote and painted. Mr. Gillinson began studying the cello at the age of eleven and played in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. He went to London University to study mathematics, but realizing that he wanted to make music his life, entered the Royal Academy of Music, where he gained a Recital Diploma and won the top cello prize. After attending the Royal Academy of Music, Mr. Gillinson became a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Mr. Gillinson joined the London Symphony Orchestra cello section in 1970 and was elected to the Board of Directors of the self-governing orchestra in 1976, also serving as Finance Director. In 1984 he was asked by the Board to become Managing Director of the LSO, a position he held until becoming the Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall in 2005.
Under Mr. Gillinson's leadership, the LSO initiated some of that city's most innovative and successful artistic festivals, working with many of today's leading artists. In the international touring arena, the LSO established an annual residency in New York from 1997 and was a founding partner in the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, in 1990, with Leonard Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas. Mr. Gillinson believes in taking great music to the society at large. In this area, his initiatives with the London Symphony Orchestra included the development of the LSO Discovery music education program, reaching over 30,000 people of all ages annually; and the creation of the UBS and LSO Music Education Center; which involved the restoration and reconstruction of St. Luke's, a magnificent, but previously derelict 18th-century church. Mr. Gillinson was also central in establishing LSO Live, the orchestra's award-winning international CD label. Mr. Gillinson has served as Chairman of the Association of British Orchestras; was one of the founding Trustees of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts; and was founding Chairman of the Management Committee of the Clore Leadership Programme. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in the 1999 New Year Honours List and received the 2004 Making Music Sir Charles Gove Prize for his outstanding contribution to British music. Mr. Gillinson was appointed Knight Bachelor in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005, the first-ever orchestra manager to be honored with a Knighthood.
Mr. Gillinson and his wife, Penny, have three children, Sarah, Miriam, and David. An avid reader and champion of the theater and cinema, Mr. Gillinson is also a sports enthusiast and participates regularly in tennis and running.

Clive Gillinson was born in Bangalore, India, in 1946; his mother was a professional cellist and his father, a businessman, also wrote and painted. Mr. Gillinson began studying the cello at the age of eleven and played in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. He went to London University to study mathematics, but realizing that he wanted to make music his life, entered the Royal Academy of Music, where he gained a Recital Diploma and won the top cello prize. After attending the Royal Academy of Music, Mr. Gillinson became a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Mr. Gillinson joined the London Symphony Orchestra cello section in 1970 and was elected to the Board of Directors of the self-governing orchestra in 1976, also serving as Finance Director. In 1984 he was asked by the Board to become Managing Director of the LSO, a position he held until becoming the Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall in 2005.

Under Mr. Gillinson's leadership, the LSO initiated some of that city's most innovative and successful artistic festivals, working with many of today's leading artists. In the international touring arena, the LSO established an annual residency in New York from 1997 and was a founding partner in the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, in 1990, with Leonard Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas. Mr. Gillinson believes in taking great music to the society at large. In this area, his initiatives with the London Symphony Orchestra included the development of the LSO Discovery music education program, reaching over 30,000 people of all ages annually; and the creation of the UBS and LSO Music Education Center; which involved the restoration and reconstruction of St. Luke's, a magnificent, but previously derelict 18th-century church. Mr. Gillinson was also central in establishing LSO Live, the orchestra's award-winning international CD label. Mr. Gillinson has served as Chairman of the Association of British Orchestras; was one of the founding Trustees of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts; and was founding Chairman of the Management Committee of the Clore Leadership Programme. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in the 1999 New Year Honours List and received the 2004 Making Music Sir Charles Gove Prize for his outstanding contribution to British music. Mr. Gillinson was appointed Knight Bachelor in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005, the first-ever orchestra manager to be honored with a Knighthood.

Mr. Gillinson and his wife, Penny, have three children, Sarah, Miriam, and David. An avid reader and champion of the theater and cinema, Mr. Gillinson is also a sports enthusiast and participates regularly in tennis and running.

 

Clive Gillinson appears in the following:

Berlin Philharmonic in Lights

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Berlin Without WallsThe Berlin Philharmonic is now at Carnegie Hall as part of the Berlin in Lights festival, which celebrates the city as one of the world’s centers of artistic expression and forward thinking. Leonard talks to Pamela Rosenberg, general director ...

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Clive Gillinson

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall’s Executive Director, shares with Gilbert Kaplan his favorite works with legendary musicians he has worked with and admires – Bach's Cello Suites (Yo-Yo Ma); West Side Story (Bernstein); Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto (Rostropovich); Berlioz’s Les Troyens (Sir Colin Davis).

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