Our Collaborators
Since our founding in 1983, The Glenn Gould Foundation has had the privilege of working with musicians, artists, cultural leaders, not-for-profits, and corporations from around the world. With their involvement, we have presented concerts, festivals and educational programs, supported young artists, commissioned new works, worked with journalists, writers and academic researchers, produced and shared expertise with various publications, and been active with a wide assortment of other humanitarian and cultural activities. Here is a partial list of these essential collaborators.
The Glenn Gould Foundation Gala was absolutely spectacular. I was humbled to be honoured by so many great artistic minds in one setting. I commend your support of the Arts, especially that of the Glenn Gould Foundation and their biennial prize, which I consider to be the Nobel Prize of the Arts. – Addressed to PM Justin Trudeau
I had the tremendously rewarding experience in 2011 of being a member of the Glenn Gould Prize Jury. It was a stimulating and unforgettable experience to engage around a table with such a diverse array of gifted artists to consider a staggering slate of nominees. The discussions enabled us to look deeply into the importance of the arts in all our lives, and their value to the world as a whole. Glenn Gould is one of my heroes… I believe cultural, creative, and artistic communities the world over can unite under the banner of this great Canadian and world citizen.
As a senior arts administrator with experience in both the United States and Canada, I cannot stress enough the significance of the Glenn Gould Prize as a beacon of excellence throughout the world. With the additional component of the Protégé Prize, bestowed by the recipient on an artist or practitioner with an emerging global impact, these prizes are nurturing the future generation who will go on to continue the legacy of Glenn Gould and past prize winners. Their impact in the critically important dialogue about the role of arts and culture in civil society cannot be overstated.
The work of Glenn Gould and the Foundation of the same name have had an impact on my professional career as an artist, as well as countless others, not only in Toronto, but nationally and internationally. This devotion by the Foundation to create a community for artists can be seen in their ability to understand the cultural ecosystem in which we live.
The Foundation represents values and ideas about the role of the arts in society that are important to everyone: building understanding through human communication, striving for excellence, using creativity to promote a wide range of social goods (like mental health, child welfare, anti-racism, social cohesion, and education), and encouraging innovation.
The Glenn Gould Prize has a pre-eminent position among the world’s honours for cultural achievement … it’s Canada’s gift to the world.
The Glenn Gould Prize shows Canada as a creative and innovative nation…prestigious,
similar to the Olympics.
Music saved my life and has saved the lives of thousands of at-risk children in Venezuela…like food, like healthcare, like education, music has to be a right for every citizen.
Our collaborators include:
Actors, Architects, Artists, Composers, Conductors, Entrepreneurs, Musicians, Public Servants, Scholars, Singers, Writers
Ruth Abernethy
Susan Aglukark
Dorothy Ainsworth
Alida Bruzzone Altemburg
Adrian Anantawan
Naomi André
Timo Andres
Nadine Anyan
Raji Aujla
Ryan Barnett
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Hedwig Bilgram
Jaime Black
Coenraad Bloemendal
Helmut Blume
Jean-François Boisvenue
Irmgaard Bontinck
Marika Bournaki
Sebastien Bouveyron
Joseph Boyden
Ambur Braid
Sir Kenneth Branagh
Edward Burtynsky
Dr. Alasdair Campbell
Cecilia String Quartet
Miguel Angel Cegarra
Schuyler Chapin
Tina Chong
Kenneth Chou
Andriana Chuchman
Jeanie Chung
Petula Clark CBE
Rt. Hon. Joe Clark PC
Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson PC
Adam Cohen
Joshua Cohen
Leonard Cohen
François Colbert
Alberto Collini
Jane Coop
Cowboy Junkies
Andrew Craig
Brian Current
Kat von D
Mychael Danna
Dennis Russell Davies
Johannes Debus
Alma Deutscher
Simone Dinnerstein
Rodrick Dixon
Dr. Mark Doidge
John Drummond
Gustavo Dudamel
Tan Dun
Adanya Dunn
Atom Egoyan OC
Philip Elmer
Bob Ezrin
Gabriele Faust
Karishmeh Felfeli
Colm Feore
Rudolf Fischer
Leon Fleisher
Andrew Forde
Maureen Forrester CC
Claude Frank
Stephen Fry
Robert Fyfe
Peter Gabriel
Frank Gehry
Margaret Genovese
Mehdi Bilal Ghazi
François Girard
Wallis Giunta
Peter Goddard
Dr. David Goldbloom
Jonathan Goldman
Nicholas Goldschmidt
Chilly Gonzales
Allan Gotlieb CC
Gary Graffman
Paolo Granata
Benny Green
Ryan Speedo Green
Phoebe Greenberg
Paul Griffiths
Agnes Grossman
Ghyslaine Guertin
Matt Haimovitz
Gary Hanson
Robert Harris
Daniel Hass
Ben Heppner
John Hess
Angela Hewitt
Su Jeon Higuera
Leonard Isaacs
Penny Johnson
Dr. Edward Jones-Imhotep
Martin Katz
Serouj Kradjian
Bernard Labadie
Lang Lang
André Laplante
Anne Larlee
William Leathers
Gilles Lefebvre
Ute Lemper
Robert Lepage
Daniel J. Levitin
Lighthouse
William Littler
Jacques Lonchampt
Gail Lord
Yvonne Loriod
Alexina Louie
HRH Julie de Luxembourg
Yo-Yo Ma
Wu Man
Lois Marshall CC
Pumeza Matshikiza
Pat McCarthy
Alyson McHardy
Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin PC
Deepa Mehta
Zarin Mehta
Emily Meinrenken
Narayana Menon
Lord Yehudi Menuhin OM KBE
Hélène Mercier Arnault
Olivier Messiaen
Anthony Minghella
Junichi Miyazawa
Ladislav Mokry
David Mondedeu
Bruno Monsaengeon
Scott “Loscil” Morgan
Jay Hunter Morris
Renée Morrisset
Viggo Mortensen
Yana Movchan
Carole Muizelaar
Paul Myers
J.H. Kwabena N’Ketia
Naeemeh Naeemaei
Motoyuki Nakagawa
Nathaniel Dett Chorale
Leonid Nediak
Alexander Neef
Jessye Norman
John O’Donnell
Terry O’Reilly
Pauline Oliveros
Michael Ondaatje OC
Sageev Oore
Peter Oundjian
Elaine Overholt
Eric Overton
Tim Page
Angela Park
Roman Patkoló
Kelly Peterson
Oscar Peterson CC
Steven Philcox
Adrienne Pieczonka
Costa Pilavachi
Gordon Pinsent
Christopher Plummer
Sarah Polley OC
Andrew Porter
Gilles Potvin
André Previn
Janice Price
John Prine
Jean-Guihen Queyras
Sondra Radvanovsky
Bob Ramsay
Sandrine Revel
James Rhodes
Alejandra Ribera
Alan Rickman
Anastasia Rizikov
John Peter Lee Roberts
Gennady Rozhtdestvensky
Donald Runnicles
Brian Rutenberg
Serena Ryder
Moshe Safdie
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Trichy Sankaran
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
John Ralston Saul
Wilfried Scheib
Peter Schickele
Donna Scott
Tristan Scott
Alexander Seredenko
Anna Serrano
Rodion Shchedrin
Howard Shore OC
Robert Silverman
Sara Slean
Patti Smith
Takahiro Sonoda
Charles Spearin
Nina Stemme
Sting
Foday Musa Suso
Donald Sutherland
Toru Takemitsu
Sir David Tang KBE
Geogrgy Tchaidze
Paul Theberge
Madeleine Thien
Korin Thomas-Smith
Peter Tiefenbach
Jean-Philippe Tremblay
Valerie Tryon
Dory Vanderhoof
Rolando Villazón
David Visentin
Rufus Wainwright
Ryan Wang
KaJeng Wong
Richard Saul Wurman
John Wyre
Ye Xiaogang
Zhu “Dadawa” Zheqin
Yuka Zuver
Arts Organizations, Broadcasters, Festivals, Foundations, Funding Agencies, Orchestras, Public Health Institutes, Schools, Social Service Agencies, Space Programs, Theatres
Alliance Française, Toronto
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
Art Canada Institute
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art of Time Ensemble
Asia Pacific Foundation Canada
Azrieli Foundation
BBC
CAMH
Canada China Business Council
Canada Council for the Arts
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Embassies: Tokyo, Moscow, Beijing, Havana, Consulate in Los Angeles
Canadian Museum of Civilization (now Canadian Museum of History)
Canadian Music Centre
Canadian Opera Company
Canadian Space Agency
Carnegie Hall
Center for Black Music Research
Centre Culturel Canadienne, Paris
CBC
Cité du Vin, Bordeaux
City of Toronto
Corporation of Roy Thomson and Massey Hall
Council on Canadian American Relations
D Major, Milan
Dixon Hall
Dreamwalker Dance
Ensemble Magnétis, Cherbourg, France
Fondation Jean Paul Riopelle
Fundación De Estao Para El Sistema Nacional De Las Urquestras Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela (El Sistema)
Glenn Gould Studio
Global Centre for Pluralism
Gstaad New Year Music Festival
Gustavo Dudamel Foundation
Harlem Opera Theater
Honens
Ikebana Sogetsu, Tokyo
Institute for Canadian Citizenship
Jackman Foundation
Jessye Norman School of Arts
Jeunesse Musicale
Los Angeles Philharmonic
LuminaTO
Mariinsky Theatre
McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology
Massey College
Michael and Karen Vukets Family Foundation
Musée du Quai Branly, Paris
Mully Childrens Choir, Kenya
Music Garden, Toronto
NASA
National Arts Centre and National Arts Centre Orchestra
National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing
National Gallery of Canada
National Youth Orchestra
Orchestre de la Francophonie
l’Orchestre d’Hommes Orchestres
Orkidstra, Ottawa
Philip Loubser Foundation
Phillips Gallery, Washington DC
Pluralism Fund
Reaching for the Stars
Regent Park School of Music
Rotman School of Management
Royal College of Music, London
Royal Conservatory of Music
Schola Cantorum Coralina, Havana
Shaw Festival
Siminovitch Prize
Sistema New Brunswick
Sistema Toronto
SKETCH
Soulpepper Theatre
Stratford Festival
Stratford Summer Music
The Shed, NY
Thuringia Bach Festival
Toronto District Catholic School Board
Toronto District School Board
Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto Public Library
Toronto Settlement House
Toronto Summer Music
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra
Toronto Theatre Centre
Unifor
United Way of Greater Toronto
University of Toronto Faculty of Music
Verbier Festival, Switzerland
Victoria Conservatory of Music
Victoria University
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Weimar (City), Germany
Airlines, Auction Houses, Banks, Entertainment Companies, Manufacturers, Newspapers, Publishers, Restaurants, Telecom Companies
Aeroplan
Bell Media
BMO
Bonhams
Carlu
Classical 96.3 FM
Criterion Collection
Domaines Faiveley
Editions Dargaud
Fran’s
Globe & Mail
Hudson’s Bay
Incredible Printing
Invesco
Jamie Kennedy
Ludwig Van Toronto
Lufthansa
Penguin Random House
Power Corporation
Primary Wave Entertainment
Raincoast Books
RBC Foundation
Rhombus Media
Rogers Centre
Rolex
Skyship Entertainment
Sony Music
TD
The Printing House
Universal Music
Whole Note
Yamaha