David Gilbert   CONDUCTOR

David Gilbert has been acclaimed for his dynamic performances with orchestras throughout the U.S., Europe, and the Far East. He won First Prize in the 1970 Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition, and became Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic (1970-79), and Principal Conductor of the American Ballet Theatre (1971-75). He was chief assistant to Pierre Boulez at the 1976 Bayreuth Festival. At China’s invitation, he served as principal guest conductor of the Beijing Philharmonic (1980-82). The first American musician to hold a position of national prominence in China, he was instrumental in rebuilding that nation’s major symphony orchestra. David Gilbert became Conductor Emeritus of the Greenwich Symphony in 2020 after serving as its music director and conductor since 1975. Composer and teacher, he was a faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music for 33 years. He has been conductor of the Senior Concert Orchestra of New York for many years.