Canadian Pianist Marika Bournaki returns to Carnegie Hall to Benefit The Glenn Gould Foundation

“Astonishing maturity... Marika Bournaki displayed amazing refinement and poetry.”
  - Thomas Beaujean, Aachener Zeitung

TORONTO (September 30, 2011) This November, twenty year-old Canadian musical sensation Marika Bournaki returns to Carnegie Hall to play a benefit recital for The Glenn Gould Foundation.  



"We are proud to have worked with Marika on a number of exciting projects," said Brian Levine, Executive Director of the Foundation.  "Her first benefit recital for us in 2008 was such a spectacular success that we jumped at the opportunity when she offered to support us with another performance," said Mr. Levine.  



As part of its mission to extend the legacy of Glenn Gould, the Foundation recognizes and celebrates young artists of extraordinary promise, providing the kind of support that helped launch Gould’s meteoric rise.  In 2007, Marika made a powerful impression on audiences when she opened the 18-month-long exhibition, Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius at the Canadian Museum of Civilization with a performance on Gould's favourite Steinway piano.  The event also marked the international celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gould’s birth.   Marika's New York debut in benefit of The Glenn Gould Foundation soon followed in 2008.  She also performed in front of distinguished audiences at an event honouring the Eighth Glenn Gould Prize Jury, including the world-renowned dramatic tenor Ben Heppner, the late Academy-Award winning director, playwright and screenwriter Anthony Minghella, award-winning author Michael Ondaatje and famed composer, musicologist and broadcaster Peter Shickele. 

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Euro Banking Association and The Glenn Gould Foundation Team Up for Sibos 2011 - Sept 19-23

TORONTO (September 12, 2011) – In a move drawing a direct link between the spirit of creativity and innovation at the heart of both modern finance and the arts, the Euro Banking Association has invited Canada’s Glenn Gould Foundation to be front and centre as part of the EBA Group exhibition stand at Sibos 2011. 

The display will include images of the legendary pianist and the actual prize sculpture created by Canadian artist Ruth Abernethy for presentation to laureates of The Glenn Gould Prize, the Foundation’s signature activity.

Sometimes referred to as “the Nobel Prize of the Arts,” The Glenn Gould Prize is one of the world’s most exclusive honours.  The Prize pays tribute to Glenn Gould’s legacy both as an artist and an innovator in communications technology, by recognizing rare individuals whose lifework enriches the human condition through the arts. Laureates include Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Oscar Peterson, Yo-Yo Ma, Dr. José Antonio Abreu (founder of the visionary El Sistema Program of free music education and orchestras for poor children in Venezuela) and most recently, Leonard Cohen.

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Leonard Cohen Awarded the Ninth Glenn Gould Prize

An iconic and innovative force in songwriting, performance and poetry

Toronto, ON (April 1, 2011) – Singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen has been awarded The Ninth Glenn Gould Prize.  The international award is presented biennially to a living luminary who has made a unique lifetime contribution that has enriched the human condition through the arts and manifests the values of innovation, inspiration and transformation.  A tribute to Glenn Gould’s artistry and his multifaceted contributions to culture, the prize promotes the vital connection between artistic excellence and the transformation of lives.

“I want to thank The Glenn Gould Foundation for their kindness. It is a great honour, sweetened by my love of the work of Glenn Gould, and our collective appreciation of his invigorating and enduring presence in the world of Music and Imagination,” stated Leonard Cohen.

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GLENN GOULD FOUNDATION UNVEILS STELLAR JURY OF ARTS VIPs

Stephen Fry and Atom Egoyan among Jurors for the
Ninth Glenn Gould Prize

Laureate to be announced April 1

Toronto, ON (March 2, 2011) – The Glenn Gould Foundation announced the international jury panel for the Ninth Glenn Gould Prize which includes: singer/songwriter, indie producer and UN Goodwill Ambassador Dadawa (China); screenwriter, film and opera director Atom Egoyan (Canada); actor, screenwriter, author and director Stephen Fry (UK); celebrated pianist, teacher, author and music administrator Gary Graffman (United States); film producer, founder and director of DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art and PHI Group Phoebe Greenberg (Canada); singer, vocal coach and vocal producer Elaine Overholt (Canada); and recording industry executive Costa Pilavachi (Canada/UK/Greece).  The winner of the ninth Glenn Gould Prize will be announced at a news conference at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto on Friday, April 1.

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Media Advisory: Glenn Gould Foundation Presents Concert at Rideau Hall

OTTAWA, Canada – The Glenn Gould Foundation is proud to present eight emerging musicians from Canada and abroad in an exclusive concert evening hosted by Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston entitled, “Young Artists Inspired by Glenn Gould.”

The concert is a tribute to the late Glenn Gould, one of Canada’s most iconic musicians and media artists of the 20th century.  The evening’s performances will feature a program of Bach, Wagner, Strauss, Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart and Ravel, composers whose works Gould performed or arranged.  The young artists taking the stage range in age from nine to 25 years old.  The Master of Ceremonies for the evening is Andrew Craig of CBC Radio 2.

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