3 July 2022 at 20:00

Gerard Gillen

Gerard Gillen is titular organist emeritus of Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral and professor emeritus of music at Maynooth University. He has given over 1,000 recitals in a career that has taken him to four continents, acting as a member of a number of international competition juries, and performing at many of the world’s most prestigious recital venues. 

Gerard Gillen was founder-chairman of the Dublin International Organ & Choral Festival (now Pipeworks) of which he was artistic director from 1980 to 1986 and again from 1990 to 2000. He has been honoured by the award of a Papal Knighthood and by the governments of France, Belgium and Austria. Other honours include the John Betts Visiting Fellowship at Oxford  University (1992) and the award of a doctorate honoris causa by the Pontifical University of Maynooth, and by election to honorary fellowship of the RIAM. Later this year he will give recitals in Germany and Scotland.