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Gillian Weir (Gillian Constance Weir) was born on 17 January, 1941 in Martinborough, New Zealand, is a New Zealand-British organist. Discover Gillian Weir's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?
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Gillian Constance Weir |
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Organist |
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83 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
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17 January 1941 |
Birthday |
17 January |
Birthplace |
Martinborough, New Zealand |
Nationality |
New Zealand
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Gillian Weir Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Gillian Weir's Husband?
Her husband is Clive Webster (m. 1967-1972)
Lawrence Phelps (m. 1972)
Family |
Parents |
Cecil Alexander Weir
Clarice Mildred Foy |
Husband |
Clive Webster (m. 1967-1972)
Lawrence Phelps (m. 1972) |
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Gillian Weir Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Gillian Weir worth at the age of 83 years old? Gillian Weir’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from New Zealand. We have estimated Gillian Weir's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Dame Gillian Constance Weir (born 17 January 1941) is a New Zealand-British organist.
Weir was born in Martinborough, New Zealand, on 17 January 1941.
Her parents were Clarice Mildred Foy ( Bignell) and Cecil Alexander Weir.
She received her schooling at Queen's Park School, Wanganui Intermediate, and Wanganui Girls' College.
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.
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.
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.
In 1967, she married Clive Rowland Webster.
The marriage was dissolved in 1972.
In 1972, she married Lawrence Irving Phelps, an American organ builder.
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 a facsimile of the composer's manuscript, given to her after he gave the world premiere in Washington D.C.
Weir performed in her own six-part television series King of Instruments for the BBC in 1989; it drew large audiences in Great Britain.
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'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.
Her recording for Collins Classics (new re-release for Priory Records on 2002) 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.
She returned to the Albert Hall to make the first recording on the great organ after the 2004 rebuild.