Music Director and Conductor of
the Greenwich Symphony since 1975, David Gilbert is acclaimed
for his dynamic performances with orchestras throughout the
United States, the Far East and Europe. Born to a family of
musicians, he received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from
the Eastman School of Music, and won first prize in the 1970
Dimitri Mitropoulos International Conducting Competition.
Assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic from 1970 to
1979, he was principal conductor of the American Ballet Theatre
from 1971 to 1975.
From 1980 to 1982, at China's
invitation, David Gilbert served as principal guest conductor of
the Beijing Central Philharmonic. The first American musician to
hold a position of prominence in China, Mr. Gilbert was
instrumental in rebuilding that nation's major symphonic
orchestra.
David Gilbert is a faculty
member of the Manhattan School of Music where he has conducted
both symphony and opera, including several important New York
premieres. CDs of Ned Rorem's ''Miss Julie,'' Benjamin Britten's
''Albert Herring,'' William Mayer's ''A Death in the Family,''
and Scott Eyerly's ''The House of the Seven Gables'' (world
premiere performance) with the MSM Opera Department, David
Gilbert conducting, have been released.
His compositions for chamber
ensemble, orchestra, and opera include his ''Concerto for
Trombone, Brass and Orchestra,'' ''Ballade Concertante for Tuba
and Orchestra,'' and ''Phoenix Madrigal'' for flute and strings.
Mr. Gilbert is music director
of the Bergen (NJ) Philharmonic and the Senior Concert Orchestra
of New York. Parents of Halley, Mara and Carl, David and Nonie
Gilbert reside in Nutley, New Jersey.
