Cultural Diplomacy Is In The DNA Of The Glenn Gould Foundation
When the 25 year-old Glenn Gould walked out on the stage of Moscow’s Bolshoi Hall on May 7,…
When the 25 year-old Glenn Gould walked out on the stage of Moscow’s Bolshoi Hall on May 7,…
Charles Officer (28 October 1975 – 1 December 2023) Director, Producer, Writer, Juror for the 14th Glenn Gould…
September 19, 2023, marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of The Glenn Gould Foundation! We’re feeling very…
Did Gould know that one of his recordings would be included on the Golden Record of the Voyager…
Did Glenn Gould and Leon Fleisher ever cross paths with each other? How did Gould evaluate Fleisher? And how did Fleisher evaluate Gould? I just wonder whether the two great pianists had a relationship with each other.
A Personal Appreciation Peter O’Brien Canada doesn’t have too many icons, and the few it does have tend…
The Metropolitan Opera recently named bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the winner of the 2023 Beverly Sills Artist…
Inspired by British-Spanish concert pianist James Rhodes, a great friend of The Glenn Gould Foundation, a thoughtful and…
The Glenn Gould Foundation is delighted to congratulate Alanis Obomsawin for her recent winning of the MacDowell Medal….
The Glenn Gould Foundation is saddened to hear of the recent death of Ryuichi Sakamoto (17 January 1952…
Hearty congratulations go to our Glenn Gould Foundation board member John Kim Bell on receiving the 2023 Ramon…
Peter Herrndorf, CC, OOnt (27 October 1940 – 18 February 2023) The GGF is saddened to learn of…
We hear a lot about Gould and the Idea of North because he is so closely associated in…
Eugenia Biedma(June 2022) Glenn Gould is still very much alive. Forty years after his death, he continues to…
To commemorate the icon’s 90th birthday and the 40th anniversary of his legendary re-recording of Bach’s masterpiece for keyboard, Sony Classical releases The Goldberg Variations: The Complete 1981 Studio Sessions.
In September 2022, just before our celebrations of Glenn Gould’s 90th birthday, we received a wonderful and surprising message from a follower. Included were some pieces of memorabilia: pictures of Gould’s 1955 Goldberg Variations, and a letter to a fan, discovered by Jules Hoffman.
Venezuelan-born conductor, violinist and music education activist Gustavo Dudamel has been chosen as the fourteenth Glenn Gould Prize Laureate.
Ben Samuels and Virginia Heffernan collect their thoughts on Glenn Gould, his aesthetic, and impact as an artist and cultural icon.
Here’s your chance to help celebrate September 25, 2022, the 90th anniversary of Gould’s birth. The Glenn Gould Foundation is inviting you to join in a global hue and cry, and to raise your hats to this world-renowned artist.
The Glenn Gould Foundation is proud to reveal the official portrait of the 13th Glenn Gould Prize laureate, Alanis Obomsawin.
Raymond Murray Schafer, the acclaimed composer, theorist, and musical environmentalist died on 14 August 2021, after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
The emerging Indigenous filmmaker reflects on their craft and what it means to them to have been selected.
The Glenn Gould Foundation is saddened to hear of the death of our friend Christopher Plummer. He certainly lived a full and ebullient life – and of course knew Glenn Gould in the 1960s, when Gould was co-artistic director of Stratford’s Music Festival.
All of us at The Glenn Gould Foundation are deeply saddened by the loss of Ray Roberts. Ray was a trusted friend, helper and confidant to Glenn Gould. Ray worked with Glenn to make it possible for him to realize his artistic vision, handling the myriad details needed to clear the path so that his creativity take flight without distraction or impediment.
Through her multifarious artistic work and public activism, Obomsawin has been one of Canada’s most passionate and visible advocates for Indigenous peoples.
Do we have any early—very early—recordings of Gould? Maybe even from his high school years?
In honour of what would have been Jessye Norman’s 75th birthday (on September 15, 2020), The Glenn Gould Foundation is delighted to share the following letter from 2019 Glenn Gould Prize Laureate Jessye Norman to her friend Susan Platts.
Verne Edquist, a master piano tuner who spent most of his professional life working for one client – Glenn Gould – died peacefully on August 27 after a long illness. He was 89.
The Glenn Gould Foundation is grateful to Ronald Desmarais, son of the great Canadian portrait photographer Gabriel Desmarais, for sharing with us a series of rarely seen photographs of the young Glenn Gould, at the very beginning of his international career.
Like the entire musical world, The Glenn Gould Foundation was saddened to learn of the death yesterday of Jessye Norman at the age of 74. She will be remembered as one of the transcendent vocal artists of our time; many of her performances in opera, with orchestra, or the lieder repertoire, whether live, on recording or on film, stand as touchstones against which all others are compared. She defied classification, mastering roles from Mozart to Wagner, from Schubert to Strauss, seemingly without regard to the standard vocal range categories.
Today marks a festive milestone In the history of The Glenn Gould Foundation – we’re turning 35!
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Dr. José Antonio Abreu, founder of El…
On October 28, world-renowned violinist and conductor, Gidon Kremer, appeared for a special performance in Montréal in celebration…
On Sept. 23, 2017, as part of its celebrations of the 85th anniversary of Glenn Gould’s birth, The Glenn Gould Foundation invited Prof. Joshua Cohen of Apple University and UC Berkeley to appear in Toronto where he gave his presentation, “Gould’s Variations and the Human Qualities that Foster Remarkable Creativity.”
The Glenn Gould Foundation is saddened by the death today of Sir David Tang, the Hong Kong and British businessman who founded the Shanghai Tang fashion house and many other successful ventures.
This release documents the events that unfolded in the studios of Columbia Records on 10–16 June 1955, when the then twenty-two-year-old Canadian pianist recorded his début album for Columbia Masterworks.
Don’s artistry was evident both in his beautiful album cover shots, but also in the candids he took…
Philip was a bit surprised that I was done so quickly and commented on how quick and efficient I was, I’d like to think I was also a bit of a minimalist, just like him.
For the Eleventh Glenn Gould Prize celebrations in Canada’s national capital, The Glenn Gould Foundation mounted a wide-ranging array of extraordinary cultural events dubbed “The Grand Tour.”
One of Canada’s greatest and most dedicated arts philanthropists, Joan supported hundreds of creative individuals and organizations, including The Glenn Gould Foundation.
Joan was responsible for the establishment of the Ontario Crafts Council and Canadian Crafts Council, and serviced on many boards, including the Stratford Festival and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation, as well as supporting the Harbourfront Centre and Young People’s Theatre.
Leonard Cohen enriched the world with the music of his words, the depth of his insight into the human soul, and the combination of passion, romanticism, irony and lyricism that infused his song and verse.
John understood that shooting a portrait was a more holistic process than simply focusing a camera. John could always put his subjects at ease – this was the best way to truly capture the essence of an individual.
I was fourteen when I started to play one of the English Suites of Bach. To help me better understand the meaning of the work, my teacher took a disc from his library; on the cover there was a beautiful boy, with tousled hair and his hand on his lips, in an ironic and light-hearted expression, which seemed to smile at me.
The world learned today of the passing of Alan Rickman, a loss with special significance to The Glenn Gould Foundation. Alan Rickman was a consummate actor but also a man of deep social conscience, a dry sense of humour and a seemingly boundless well of kindness and generosity.
Our Gifts is one of Gould’s earliest surviving compositions. He composed this little song, for two vocal parts…
American composer Philip Glass has been chosen as the Eleventh Glenn Gould Prize Laureate. Through his operas, symphonies, film scores, compositions for ensembles, and wide-ranging collaborations with artists from many disciplines, Philip Glass has had an extraordinary impact on the musical, artistic and intellectual life of his times.
The Glenn Gould Foundation sadly notes the passing on May 6th, evening, Vincent Massey Tovell, O.C., in his…
On this sunny Saturday morning in early May, the statue was as stubbornly clad in this heavy garb as Gould himself was during his life, but instead of sitting alone, it was joined by about thirty avid Gould fans curious to learn more about the enigmatic Canadian icon.
The founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, who was slated to be on the upcoming Tenth Glenn Gould…
Singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen has been awarded The Ninth Glenn Gould Prize. The international award is presented biennially to a living luminary who has made a unique lifetime contribution that has enriched the human condition through the arts and manifests the values of innovation, inspiration and transformation.
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