Sir Alexander Gibson, CBE (11 February 1926 – 14 January 1995) was a conductor and opera intendant.
Gibson was born in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and studied music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, as well as in London, Salzburg and Siena, Italy. At the time of his appointment in 1957 as musical director of Sadler's Wells, he was the youngest ever to have taken that position.
Returning to Glasgow, in 1959 ...
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Sir Alexander Gibson, CBE (11 February 1926 – 14 January 1995) was a conductor and opera intendant.
Gibson was born in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and studied music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, as well as in London, Salzburg and Siena, Italy. At the time of his appointment in 1957 as musical director of Sadler's Wells, he was the youngest ever to have taken that position.
Returning to Glasgow, in 1959 he became the first Scottish principal conductor and artistic director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, a post he held until 1984, to date longer than any other conductor. From 1981 to 1983 he was also principal guest conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He was principal conductor of the Guildford Philharmonic.
Gibson founded Scottish Opera in 1962 and was music director until 1986. Through his artistic achievements the Theatre Royal, Glasgow was bought from Scottish Television and transformed in 1975 as the home theatre of...
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