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| Born | (1931-12-16)December 16, 1931 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | April 15, 2020(2020-04-15) (aged 88) |
| Genres | Baroque music, ... |
| Instrument(s) | Harpsichord, organ |
Kenneth Albert GilbertOC FRSC (December 16, 1931 – April 15, 2020) was a Canadianharpsichordist, organist,musicologist, and music educator.
Born inMontreal, Gilbert studied at theConservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal underYvonne Hubert (piano) andGabriel Cusson (harmony and counterpoint). He also studied the organ withConrad Letendre in Montréal. In 1953 he won thePrix d'Europe for organ performance, an award which enabled him to pursue studies in Paris withNadia Boulanger (composition),Maurice Duruflé (organ),Ruggero Gerlin (harpsichord),Gaston Litaize (organ), andSylvie Spicket (harpsichord) from 1953 to 1955. He later studied the harpsichord privately underWanda Landowska.
Gilbert made his first recordings with the Canadian label Baroque Records Co. of Canada Ltd. 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 flautistJean-Pierre Rampal. As organist, he recorded an album of works by Boehm, Buxtehude and Walther on twoCasavant-built instruments in Quebec. (All of these recordings were subsequently reissued on Orion Master Recordings in the U.S.) In 1983 he recorded a two-CD selection from the Montreal Organ Book on theHellmuth Wolff organ atMcGill University for the Canadian label Analekta.
Gilbert performed for thePeabody Mason concert series in 1974.[1] He died on April 15, 2020, at the age of 88.[2]
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