13 Facts About Oliver Gilmour

Oliver John Gilmour was born on 18 December 1953 and is a British classical music conductor.

Oliver Gilmour studied at the Vienna Hochschule fur Musik with a scholarship after being educated at Oxford University.

In November 2007, Oliver Gilmour was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Sofia Music Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Oliver Gilmour has close collaboration with Gian Carlo Menotti since they met in Florence in 1980's.

Oliver 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.

In 1985, Oliver 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.

Oliver Gilmour has conducted the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St John's and the English Sinfonia.

Oliver 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, Oliver 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.

Oliver Gilmour conducted a new production of Graun's opera seria at the Spoleto Festival in the US in 1995.

In 1999 Oliver 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, Oliver Gilmour has conducted a wide range of repertoire including Stravinsky's Firebird, Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven symphonies and Mahler's 9th symphony.

In February 2006, Oliver Gilmour was appointed Chief Guest Conductor of The New Queen's Hall Orchestra, London.