In Memoriam Raimund Gilvan (1934 - 2023) - Lyric Tenor
A personal account, not merely an obituary. On 27th February 1934, Raymond Cartwright was born in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, to parents of Scottish descendance (Ray - as he was known amongst his friends - would proudly wear his kilt throughout his life). Little is known about his childhood, which would have been affected, without a doubt, by the hardships of daily life in the industrial North of England, and by the bombs and the rationing caused by the Second World War. Yet already during his time at the Tyldesley Secondary School for Boys, his dramatic and musical talent came to the fore, when frequently singing in performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's light operas, and it was by contraction of these two names - Gil bert & Sulli van - that his artistic pseudonym Raimund Gilvan was conceived. Raimund Gilvan - credit: Archiv HfM Saar Yet Ray was to develop multiple instrumental and musical skills, when playing the piano, organ and his beloved trombone, as wel...
