Concert pianists are notoriously temperamental, but with good reason: Their pianos are, too. Why else would J.S. Bach specify a "well-tempered clavier"? The modern piano is a jury-rigged contraption ...

Classical music has always made room for eccentrics, but even in that company Glenn Gould stood out. In the middle of summer, he wore scarves, coats and gloves. He was a hypochondriac, a germ nut who ...

On the evening of April 10, 1964 — that is, 60 years ago Wednesday — the Canadian virtuoso Glenn Gould stepped away from the piano at the end of his concert at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los ...

Glenn Gould hummed when he played the piano and it drove recording engineers batty. They tried everything to prevent studio microphones from picking up the pianist’s stray voice. A delirious showman, ...

A well-known recording company recently released a new recording of Glenn Gould performing the Goldberg Variations. The recording date was summer 2006. Curious, not? Another pianist with the same name ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Glenn Gould Foundation, an institution known for nurturing and celebrating the transformative power of the arts, is excited to shine ...

Just in case you haven’t forgiven Alan Rickman for trying to knock off Bruce Willis in that blockbuster film Die Hard, let it be said that villains can change. The Golden Globe-winning actor has gone ...