Awards & Winners

Glenn Gould

Date of Birth 25-September-1932
Place of Birth Toronto
(Ontario, Canada)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Glen Gould, Glenn Herbert Gold, Gould, Glenn, Glenn Herbert Gould, Glen Gold
Profession Pianist, Composer, Film Score Composer, Screenwriter, Writer, Conductor, Broadcaster
Glenn Herbert Gould was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by remarkable technical proficiency and capacity to articulate the polyphonic texture of Bach's music. After his adolescence, Gould rejected most of the standard Romantic piano literature including Liszt, Schumann, and Chopin. Although his recordings were dominated by Bach, Gould's repertoire was diverse, including works by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, pre-Baroque composers such as Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and such 20th-century composers as Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schoenberg and Richard Strauss. Gould was well known for various eccentricities, from his unorthodox musical interpretations and mannerisms at the keyboard to aspects of his lifestyle and personal behaviour. He stopped giving concerts at the age of 31 to concentrate on studio recording and other projects. Gould was the first pianist to record any of Liszt's piano transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies.

Awards by Glenn Gould

Check all the awards nominated and won by Glenn Gould.

1985


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : The Goldberg Variations (feat. piano: Glenn Gould)

1984


Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble
Honored for : Brahms: Ballades Op. 10, Rhapsodies Op. 79

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble Brahms: Ballades Op. 10, Rhapsodies Op. 79

1983


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
Honored for : Beethoven - Glenn Gould \u200E\u2013 Piano Sonatas - No. 12 A-Flat Major Op. 26 / No. 13 E-Flat Major Op. 27-1
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble
Honored for : The Goldberg Variations (feat. piano: Glenn Gould)

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble The Goldberg Variations (feat. piano: Glenn Gould)
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble Haydn: The Six Last Sonatas
Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) Beethoven - Glenn Gould \u200E\u2013 Piano Sonatas - No. 12 A-Flat Major Op. 26 / No. 13 E-Flat Major Op. 27-1

1982


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
Honored for : The Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Honored for : The Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould)

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) The Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album The Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould)

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble Bach Toccatas, Vol 2

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Outstanding Non-Dramatic Script Glenn Gould's Toronto

1979


Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble
Honored for : Hindermith: Das Marienleben

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble Hindermith: Das Marienleben

1973


Grammy Award for Best Album Notes: Classical
Honored for : The Glenn Gould Edition: Hindemith: The 3 Piano Sonatas
(Album notes writer)

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes: Classical The Glenn Gould Edition: Hindemith: The 3 Piano Sonatas