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Violinist John Haspel Gilbert has been praised by legendary performers
such as the late Josef Gingold ("I have great admiration for this superb
violinist"), Glenn Dicterow ("Obviously we are dealing with a very high
level of artistry"), Camilla Wicks, Arnold Steinhardt and the late
Joseph Fuchs. An active soloist, recitalist and chamber music
collaborator, he regularly performs throughout the United States, having
appeared from coast to coast in prestigious venues from Weill Recital
Hall in New York City, to Abravanel Hall in Santa Barbara(CA). In recent
seasons he has performed concerti of Brahms, Bruch, Corigliano, Peter
Fischer(World Premiere), Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Vivaldi, and Kurt Weill,
and has been heard in broadcasts on National Public Radio. Recent
international engagements have included performances in France, Iceland,
Italy, and the United Kingdom. Appointed to the faculty of the Texas
Tech University School of Music as Artist-Performer and Professor of
Violin in 1995, he is a sought after clinician and adjudicator and has
been heard in concert in every major city in Texas. His students hold
university positions and have won auditions with the Chicago Civic
Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (New Orleans), Memphis
Symphony, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony Orchestra,
and the Phoenix Symphony.
Gilbert is currently serving as concertmaster of the Lubbock Symphony
Orchestra. He previously held this position with the Baton Rouge
Symphony and Knoxville Symphony and has been a member of the faculty at
the University of Memphis, and Hope College. Gilbert was the teaching
assistant to Sally O'Reilly at both the University of Minnesota and
Louisiana State University. In the summer of 2006 he will join the
artist faculty member of the Green Mountain(VT) Summer Music School.
Previous summer festival appearances have been at the Schlern(Italy)
International Festival, BRAVO! Summer String Institute, Eastern Music
Festival, Heidelberg Castle Festival, Spoleto Festival, and the Sewanee
Summer Music Festival.
Gilbert's principal studies were under the tutelage of Sally O'Reilly
and Charles
Castleman. He holds degrees from the University of Minnesota, the Yale
University School of Music, and the Eastman School of Music, and has
held fellowships at the Aspen Music School in both chamber music and
orchestral performance. His chamber music coaches are current or former
members of the Julliard, Tokyo, Cleveland, Fine Arts and Yale string
quartets, and the Eastman and Rafael trios.
Mr. Gilbert may be heard on the Naxos and Innova labels. A soon to be
recorded disc of works of British composers will be released by Centaur
recordings.
To contact John Gilbert, email
john.gilbert@ttu.edu.
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