Background
Gillinson, Clive Daniel was born on March 7, 1946 in Bangalore, India. Son of Stanley and Regina Rebecca (Schein) Gillinson. arrived in England, 1948.
musician performing company executive
Gillinson, Clive Daniel was born on March 7, 1946 in Bangalore, India. Son of Stanley and Regina Rebecca (Schein) Gillinson. arrived in England, 1948.
Student, Queen Mary College, London, 1964. Diploma, recital, Royal Academy Music, 1968. Diploma in music (honorary), Guildhall School, London, 1992.
Diploma in music (honorary), City University, London, 1994. Doctorate, City of London University, 1995.
He is best known for his long tenure as the Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra and his current position as Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall. Gillinson began studying the cello at the age of eleven and played in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. He 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 2005 when he left for Carnegie Hall.
Under his leadership, the LSO initiated some of that city’s most innovative and successful artistic festivals, working with many of today"s leading artists. Gillinson is widely known as a proponent of music education.
In this area, his initiatives with the London Symphony Orchestra included the development of the LSO Discovery music education programme, reaching over 30,000 people of all ages annually. And the creation of LSO Saint Luke’s, the Union Bank of Switzerland and LSO Music Education Centre, which involved the restoration and reconstruction of Saint Luke’s, a magnificent but previously derelict 18th-century church.
He also created LSO Live, the orchestra"s award-winning international Civil Defense label.
Gillinson 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. Since 2005, he has been the Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall. In 2009, his pay and benefits was $893,360 (base pay of $800,000).
Fellow Royal Academy Music. Member Association British Orchs. (chairman 1982-1985), National Youth Orchestra, governor, 1995, (Guildhall School, London Academy Board, since 1996).
Married Susan Sheppard, 1980 (divorced 1986). Married Penelope Sara Morsley, June 1, 1989. Children: Sarah Helen, Miriam Catherine, David Michael.