Gerard McBurney
Composer, Theatrical Composer
1954 –
Who is Gerard McBurney?
Gerard McBurney is a British composer, arranger, broadcaster, teacher and writer.
Born in Cambridge, England, he is the son of Charles McBurney, an American archaeologist, and Anne Francis Edmondstone, who was a British secretary of English, Scots, and Irish ancestry. Gerard's brother is Simon McBurney, an English actor, writer and director.
Gerard studied in Cambridge and at the Moscow Conservatory. For many years he lived in London, teaching first at the London College of Music and later, for 12 years, at the Royal Academy of Music. He also worked as artistic advisor with various orchestras, performers and presenters including The Hallé, Complicite and Lincoln Center.
In September 2006, he was appointed Artistic Programming Advisor to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Creative Director of the CSO's multimedia series Beyond the Score:
Bartók – The Miraculous Mandarin 2006
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 27, K.595 2007
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 2008
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 4 2008
Holst – The Planets: suite 2008
Vivaldi – The 4 Seasons 2008
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures from an Exhibition 2008
Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 2010
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 2010
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- Born
- Jun 20, 1954
Cambridge - Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Moscow Conservatory
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on July 23, 2013
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