Glenn gould..He contained diverse aspects.
He was a pianist,composer,broadcaster,eccentric,obsessive,genious,loner,jokester and philosopher.
Gould was born in Toronto in 1932.His father was furrier and his mother was teacher of singing.
His first piano teacher was his mother.It's just an aside his mother's grand father's cousin is Edvard Grieg,a noted composer(Maybe).
He began attending the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto when he was 10.
And he debuted as a professional pianist when he was 14.Following that year,he played with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.But he stopped performing in public when he was 32 at the pinnacle of his popularity.And for the rest of his lif,he focused on making recordings,writings and broadcasting.
In 1977,Voyager 1 and 2 were launched into space with his playing of hail alien.
His music was admitted as an earth heritage.
He is known for the whimsy and he left many anecdotes.The famous stuff is his peculiar movements.He frequently hummed and swung his body peculiarly as he played.And he sat on a very low chair his father made specifically for him.He couldn't play without this chair.
And he was so afraid of being cold that he wore very warm cloths and gloves all year.Even in summer.
Let's say more,one day,he invoked wrath of a conductor because he adjusted the height of his chair for 30 minutes although during the concert.
In addition,one at one time,Herbert von Karajan said cynically to him that "you are meant more for a conductor than a pianist because his movements appeared to be conducting an orchestra.
And what I was suprised is an enthusiastic devotee of Souseki Natsume.
His ovsessive perfectionism infected his music.Why did he detest audiences and stop performing in public?
For one thing,he hated the nature of the one-shot concert.And in a nutshell,he thoght that audiences interrupt the concentration of music.
He thought that the recording is integral to construct his ideal music.He hoped do control all of the elements of his music.Fot that purpose,he attempted splicing and dubbing his playing to create perfect music.
It was an unacceptable thought for many peaple.I think this effort is not as much a pianist as a composer and this way it is more like a D.J. that a classical composer.
He crossed solitude's ocean and he attained one crown.He had embodied his inside to the end.
