The Legacy
Glenn Gould continues to inspire artists around the world to innovate, to push boundaries, and to relentlessly pursue excellence.
Try a Desert Island and You’ll Never Be Lonely
One of the greatest institutions in broadcast history is the BBC’s legendary program, “Desert Island Discs.” Each week since 1942 at the height of another global crisis, celebrated people have come on the air to talk about their lives and the eight records they would insist on keeping with them if they were stranded on a desert island.
For Glenn Gould: An Interview with Stewart Goodyear
Hailed as one of Canada’s finest pianists, Stewart Goodyear has made an extraordinary career performing as a concerto soloist, recitalist and recording artist. The Glenn Gould Foundation caught up with Stewart in the midst of his touring to discuss this remarkable new recording and his thoughts about Gould.
Gidon Kremer’s Hommage à Glenn Gould in Montréal
On October 28, world-renowned violinist and conductor, Gidon Kremer, appeared for a special performance in Montréal in celebration of the legacy of Glenn Gould. Co-presented by The Glenn Gould Foundation, l’Orchestre de la Francophonie and the Fondation Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Maestro Kremer’s Hommage à Glenn Gould was a truly unique and very personal multimedia presentation that took place at Montréal’s intimate Salle Joseph-Rouleau. The great Latvian violinist/conductor and founder of the chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica, is no stranger to Glenn Gould. Maestro Kremer and András Schiff spent a memorable day with Glenn Gould in Toronto early in 1982. Out of…
A Conversation between Prof. Joshua Cohen and Robert Harris
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.”
Goldberg Variations: Glenn Gould Tribute – Alida Altemburg
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.
Our Gifts – A Song by Glenn Gould
Our Gifts is one of Gould’s earliest surviving compositions. He composed this little song, for two vocal parts with piano accompaniment when he was ten years old and a student at Williamson Road Public School, in the Beach neighbourhood of east-end Toronto. The last page bears the date 25 March 1943, at which time Canada had been involved in the Second Would War for more than three years. As the title page of the song’s text suggest, the students at Williamson Road, as at other Canadian schools during the war years, were involved in patriotic and fund-raising campaigns like those…
Glenn Gould Magazine
Published by The Glenn Gould Foundation from 1995 until 2008, Glenn Gould magazine is an indispensable source of information, insight and research on the iconic artist. Thanks to the work of our long-time editor and principal contributor Kevin Bazzana, author of the definitive Gould biography, Wondrous Strange, and the magazine is a treasure trove of information unavailable from any other source.