He was the son of the novelist Enrique Gil Gilbert and the painter Alba Calderón Zatizábal.

He had a daughter with soprano Beatriz Parra, who also trained in Russia to perform lyrical music.

[1] Gil Calderón was awarded the Premio Eugenio Espejo in 2008 by the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa (2007–Present) after he rejected the prize in 1995 from President Sixto Duran Ballen (1992-1996).

Gil Calderón died of leukemia in 2008.

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