Background
Gilbert, Kenneth Albert was born on December 16, 1931 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Albert George and Reta Mabel (Welch) Gilbert.
conductor music educator musicologist university professor
Gilbert, Kenneth Albert was born on December 16, 1931 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Albert George and Reta Mabel (Welch) Gilbert.
Gilbert studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal under Yvonne Hubert (piano) and Gabriel Cusson (harmony and counterpoint). He also studied the organ privately with Conrad Letendre in Montréal. He later studied the harpsichord privately under Wanda Landowska.
Gilbert made his first recordings with the Canadian label Baroque Records Company of Canada Limited. in 1962 - an all J.S. Bach program, followed by several more solo harpsichord recordings of music by Bach, another of Rameau, and several chamber music albums with other Canadian artists: Mario Duschenes (flute & recorder), Steven Staryk (violin), Jacques Simard (oboe), as well as French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal. As organist, he recorded an album of works by Boehm, Buxtehude and Walther on two Casavant-built instruments in Quebec. (All of these recordings were subsequently reissued on Orion Master Recordings in the United States of America) In 1983 he recorded a two-Civil Defense selection from the Montreal Organ Book on the Hellmuth Wolff organ at McGill University for the Canadian label Analekta.
Gilbert performed for the Peabody Mason Concert series in 1974.
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Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (London)
Member of the Royal Society of Canada.