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Sir Clive Gillinson became Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall in July 2005, having been appointed the previous season. He is responsible for developing the artistic concepts for Carnegie Hall presentations in its three halls—the Isaac Stern Auditorium (cap. 2804), Zankel Hall (cap. 600), and Weill Recital Hall (cap. 268)—representing approximately 170 performances each season, ranging from orchestral concerts, chamber music, solo recitals, to jazz, world, and popular music. He also oversees the management of all aspects of the world-renowned venue, including strategic and artistic planning, resource development, education, finance, and administration and operations for the Weill Music Institute which taps the resources of Carnegie Hall to bring music education and community programs to more than 350,000 people from all walks of life in the New York City metropolitan region, across the United States, and around the world.
Since his arrival in New York, Sir Clive has worked to build upon the quality, creativity, diversity, and extraordinary history for which Carnegie Hall is widely known. Under his leadership, Carnegie Hall has embarked upon a bold new direction in its concert and education programming, including augmenting and integrating current offerings to create large-scale festivals each year. Previous successful festivals include Berlin in Lights(2007), Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds (2008), Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy(2009), Ancient Paths, Modern Voices (exploring Chinese music and culture in 2009), Japan NYC, (2010 and 11), and Voices from Latin America (2012).
As a demonstration of his strong belief that the arts should be central to society and accessible to all, Sir Clive also conceptualized and helped implement The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. Established in 2007, The Academy is an innovative fellowship for outstanding US-based post-graduate musicians. Designed to help bridge the gap between academic and professional lives, the two-year program provides the best young professional musicians with performance opportunities, advanced musical training, and intensive teaching instruction and hands-on experience working in New York City public schools.
Most recently, Carnegie Hall unveiled plans for a new major initiative for young musicians. The National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America is a new tuition-free opportunity which invites the finest players, ages 16–19, from all across the country to gather with their peers, a faculty of leading orchestral musicians, and a different celebrated conductor each year for a two-week, intensive summer residency followed by an exciting tour. The first NYO-USA will come together in summer 2013.
Sir Clive Gillinson was born in Bangalore, India, in 1946; his mother was a professional cellist and his father, a businessman, also wrote and painted. Sir Clive 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, Sir Clive became a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Sir Clive 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 Sir Clive's leadership, the LSO initiated some of that city’s most innovative and successful artistic festivals, working with many of today's leading artists. Sir Clive believes in taking great music to 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 LSO St. Luke’s: 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. Sir Clive also created LSO Live, the orchestra's award-winning international CD label.
Sir Clive 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 Grove Prize for his outstanding contribution to British music. Sir Clive was appointed Knight Bachelor in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005, the only orchestra manager ever to be honored with a Knighthood. He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia in May 2007. In May 2010, he received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Skidmore College and was recipient of the Eastman School of Music’s Luminary Award. In 2011, Sir Clive served on the cello jury of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition. Sir Clive received the 2012 International Citation of Merit at the New York 2012 ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) Congress. In 2012, Sir Clive was invited to become a Visiting Fellow at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University. Sir Clive is an Honorary Fellow of the Guildhall School (HonFGS) and also serves on the Honorary Board of Brubeck Institute of the University of the Pacific.
Sir Clive and his wife, Penny, have three children, Sarah, Miriam, and David. An avid reader and champion of the theater and cinema, Sir Clive is also a sports enthusiast and participates regularly in tennis and running.
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