Gustavo Gimeno (born 1976, Valencia, Spain) is a Spanish conductor. He is currently chief conductor of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The son of a clarinetist, Gimeno studied percussion and piano as a youth. His elder brother studied clarinet and violin. Gimeno joined the percussion section of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (KCO) in 2001, and was named principal percussionist of the KCO in April 2002. During his career with the KCO, Gimeno continued his education at the Amsterdam Conservatory, with a focus on conducting. He received encouragement and mentoring from Mariss Jansons, and became an assistant conductor to Jansons with the KCO. He has participated in conducting master classes with Ed Spanjaard, Iván Fischer and Hans Vonk. Gimeno has also counted Claudio Abbado and Bernard Haitink among his other conducting mentors. In particular, he assisted Abbado with the Orchestra Mozart (Bologna) and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. More information...
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