Carlos Kleiber
Gilmour studied at the Vienna Hochschule fur Musik with a scholarship after being educated at Oxford University. While in Vienna, he studied conducting and worked with Sir John Pritchard and Leonard Bernstein on various operatic and orchestral projects. Gilmour also studied with Carlos Kleiber. In November 2007, Gilmour was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Sofia Music Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.