24 Facts About Gilbert Kaplan

Gilbert Edmund Kaplan was an American businessman and financial publisher.

Gilbert Kaplan was an aficionado of the music of Gustav Mahler, and an amateur conductor of Mahler's Symphony No 2.

Gilbert Kaplan studied at Duke University, and earned a bachelor's degree from The New School for Social Research.

Gilbert Kaplan later studied at New York University School of Law.

In 1963, Gilbert Kaplan took a job as an economist with the American Stock Exchange, at a salary of $15,000 per year.

Gilbert Kaplan was publisher of the magazine until 1990, and editor-in-chief for two more years, although he sold it in 1984.

Gilbert Kaplan rented Avery Fisher Hall in New York for his public conducting debut in 1982, leading the American Symphony and the Westminster Symphonic Choir.

Subsequently, Gilbert Kaplan conducted Mahler's Symphony No 2 in over 100 live performances over the remainder of his life.

Gilbert Kaplan established the Kaplan Foundation, dedicated to scholarship and the promotion of the music of Gustav Mahler.

Gilbert Kaplan owned the autograph manuscript of Mahler's score of his Second Symphony and published a facsimile edition of the score in 1986.

Gilbert Kaplan owned one of Mahler's batons and the autograph manuscript of Mahler's song, "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen", part of the Ruckert-Lieder.

Gilbert Kaplan was co-editor of the new critical edition of the Second Symphony as part of the Complete Critical Edition of Mahler's works.

Gilbert Kaplan's conducting attracted criticism and praise, most controversially at his December 2008 New York Philharmonic performance.

That Mr Gilbert Kaplan is no professional conductor was immediately apparent.

Gilbert Kaplan conducted from memory, beating time proficiently and providing cues as needed.

Gilbert Kaplan's efforts were evident throughout a performance of sharp definition and shattering power.

Gilbert Kaplan's direction lacks few indications of dynamic control or balance and there is absolutely no attempt to give phrases any requisite shape.

Gilbert Kaplan's continued appearances are an affront to all "real" conductors who have toiled relentlessly for the recognition they duly deserve.

In Gilbert Kaplan's conducting engagements of Mahler's Symphony No 2, he did not accept a fee.

Gilbert Kaplan hosted on WNYC and WQXR for more than decade the show Mad About Music until 2012 where he interviewed famous people about their love for music.

Gilbert Kaplan was on the board of WNYC trustees, and in 2000 became an Evening Division faculty member at the Juilliard School.

Gilbert Kaplan set up The Gilbert Kaplan Foundation in New York City which is dedicated to the scholarship and preservation of the music of Gustav Mahler.

The Gilbert Kaplan Foundation has published facsimile editions of Mahler's autograph manuscript of the Second Symphony, the Adagietto movement of the Fifth Symphony and the song, "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen".

Gilbert Kaplan married Lena Biorck, a Swedish interior designer and daughter of Gunnar Biorck, personal physician for the Swedish Royal family, in 1970.