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Dame Gillian Weir
Artist Biography For Dame Gillian Weir
Gillian Constance Weir DBE Born 17 January 1941 Is A New Zealand Organist. Gillian Weir Was Born In Martinborough New Zealand In 1941. When She Was 19 She Was A Co-Winner Of The Auckland Star Piano Competition Playing Mozart. A Year Later She Won A Scholarship Of The Associated Board Of The Royal Schools Of Music In London. There She Studied With The Concert Pianist Cyril Smith And The Renowned Organist Ralph Downes And In Her Second Year 1964 Won The Prestigious St. Albans International Organ Competition. Messiaen Her Performance In 1964 Of A Work By Olivier Messiaen Occurred At A Time When His Music Was Little-Known Outside France And She Became Particularly Associated With This Composer She Has Several Times Performed His Complete Works In Series. Her Recording For Collins Classics Was Hailed As "one Of The Major Recording Triumphs Of The Century" In In Tune Magazine. Her Distinguished Position As A Messiaen Interpreter Has Been Reinforced By Her CD Release Of His Complete Organ Works To Great Acclaim As Well As By Her Contribution To Faber's The Messiaen Companion And Other Publications. At Messiaen's Request She Gave The First UK Performance In January 1973 Of The Méditations Sur Le Mystère De La Sainte Trinité At The Royal Festival Hall From The Composer's Manuscript Given To Her After He Gave The World Premiere In Washington D.C. Her Series Of Six Weekly Recitals In Westminster Cathedral Of Messiaen's Organ Works In 1998 The 90th Anniversary Of His Birth Brought Huge Audiences And For Her Performances She Was Awarded The Evening Standard Award For Outstanding Solo Performance The First Organist To Have Been So Honoured. Weir Made Her Début At The Royal Albert Hall While Still A Student As Soloist In The Poulenc Organ Concerto On The Opening Night Of The 1965 Season Of The Promenade Concerts And In The Same Year At The Royal Festival Hall In Recital Then The Youngest Organist To Have Performed There Publicly. She Returned To The Albert Hall To Make The First Recording On The Great Organ After The 2004 Rebuild. Recordings Weir's Artistry Was Marked In 1999 By The Re-Issue On CD Of Her Series Of Argo Recordings And Her Nomination By Classic CD Magazine As One Of The 100 Greatest Players Of The Century And By The Sunday Times As One Of The 1000 Music Makers Of The Millennium. In December 2000 ITV's South Bank Show Chronicled Her Worldwide Activities As Performer Teacher And Recording Artist In A Highly Acclaimed Documentary. Weir's Six-Part Television Series King Of Instruments For The BBC In 1989 Drew Weekly Audiences Of Two Million In Great Britain. The Series Is Now Available On DVD. She Was Married To The Late American Organ Builder Lawrence Phelps.
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Biography - Dame Gillian Weir
Gillian Constance Weir DBE Born 17 January 1941 Is A New Zealand Organist. Gillian Weir Was Born In Martinborough New Zealand In 1941. When She Was 19 She Was A Co-Winner Of The Auckland Star Piano Competition Playing Mozart. A Year Later She Won A Scholarship Of The Associated Board Of The Royal Schools Of Music In London. There She Studied With The Concert Pianist Cyril Smith And The Renowned Organist Ralph Downes And In Her Second Year 1964 Won The Prestigious St. Albans International Organ Competition. Messiaen Her Performance In 1964 Of A Work By Olivier Messiaen Occurred At A Time When His Music Was Little-Known Outside France And She Became Particularly Associated With This Composer She Has Several Times Performed His Complete Works In Series. Her Recording For Collins Classics Was Hailed As "one Of The Major Recording Triumphs Of The Century" In In Tune Magazine. Her Distinguished Position As A Messiaen Interpreter Has Been Reinforced By Her CD Release Of His Complete Organ Works To Great Acclaim As Well As By Her Contribution To Faber's The Messiaen Companion And Other Publications. At Messiaen's Request She Gave The First UK Performance In January 1973 Of The Méditations Sur Le Mystère De La Sainte Trinité At The Royal Festival Hall From The Composer's Manuscript Given To Her After He Gave The World Premiere In Washington D.C. Her Series Of Six Weekly Recitals In Westminster Cathedral Of Messiaen's Organ Works In 1998 The 90th Anniversary Of His Birth Brought Huge Audiences And For Her Performances She Was Awarded The Evening Standard Award For Outstanding Solo Performance The First Organist To Have Been So Honoured. Weir Made Her Début At The Royal Albert Hall While Still A Student As Soloist In The Poulenc Organ Concerto On The Opening Night Of The 1965 Season Of The Promenade Concerts And In The Same Year At The Royal Festival Hall In Recital Then The Youngest Organist To Have Performed There Publicly. She Returned To The Albert Hall To Make The First Recording On The Great Organ After The 2004 Rebuild. Recordings Weir's Artistry Was Marked In 1999 By The Re-Issue On CD Of Her Series Of Argo Recordings And Her Nomination By Classic CD Magazine As One Of The 100 Greatest Players Of The Century And By The Sunday Times As One Of The 1000 Music Makers Of The Millennium. In December 2000 ITV's South Bank Show Chronicled Her Worldwide Activities As Performer Teacher And Recording Artist In A Highly Acclaimed Documentary. Weir's Six-Part Television Series King Of Instruments For The BBC In 1989 Drew Weekly Audiences Of Two Million In Great Britain. The Series Is Now Available On DVD. She Was Married To The Late American Organ Builder Lawrence Phelps.
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