Today I write about a person I remembered as dancer Maki Morishita said “I want to become a sound” while she is dancing in the last blog.
The person is Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.
I have heard of the name before, but until recently I did not know well. And, I knew Gould was at a school to study contemporary art. Person who immersed in music, that life, of course was all artistic.
In words that describe Glenn Gould, there are geniuses, geniuses, geniuses, etc. In addition to the performance evaluation, it seems that such behavior was also said from personality and behavior of private life.
– Graduated from the Toronto Royal Conservatory at the youngest age of 14
– Beethoven’s piano concerto No. 4 first movement played concert debut
– The first album Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” recorded at NY at the age of 23 records the best sales of classic records in 1956
– At the age of 32 declaring suddenly stopping the concert activity at the peak of popularity, staying in the studio, becoming a pianist specializing in recording and enhancing his art
– In an extremely cold weather, even in the summer, he wore a thick sweater under a thick jacket, wearing a old coat, muffler, fur hat
– Fidelity abnormal
– Absolutely do not drink tap water
– He was a very small meal, usually taking only a small amount of biscuits and fruit juice, supplements (vitamins, antibiotics)
– Refused to play unless it was a dedicated chair
– Leaning towards Bach
