[F_minor] Year of Glenn Gould September 2007 - September 2008

[karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry)]

Peter Roosen-Runge from www.glenngould.ca sent us this announcement to
post, but due to mailing list annoyances, it didn't make it, so here it
is.  Looks like fun stuff ahead!

I also put a pdf version at http://glenngould.org/yearofgg.pdf.

Best,
Karl


The Glenn Gould Foundation Announces
THE YEAR OF GLENN  GOULD
SEPTEMBER 2007-SEPTEMBER 2008
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Glenn Gould?s Birth
and Marking the 25th Anniversary of his Death


Toronto (October 20, 2006)-The Glenn Gould Foundation is pleased to  
announce the upcoming launch of the Year of Glenn Gould (September  
2007-September 2008) with exciting events in Toronto and Ottawa,  
Ontario.

The year-long Gould extravaganza will begin with Sincerely, Glenn  
Gould, the largest-ever exhibition about Glenn Gould, to be held at the  
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario (September 27,  
2007-September 1, 2008).

In conjunction with the exhibition, the Glenn Gould Foundation will  
hold the 3rd Glenn Gould Gathering, Ahead of Our Time? Glenn Gould and  
the Future of Music (September 27-30, 2007), a conference at the  
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario.

In February 2008, the Glenn Gould Foundation will announce the winners  
of the prestigious Glenn Gould Prize and the City of Toronto Glenn  
Gould Prot?ég?é Prize. Previous Glenn Gould Laureates include such  
illustrious names as Yehudi Menuhin, Oscar Peterson, Yo-Yo Ma, Pierre  
Boulez, and, Sir Andr?é Previn. The hand-picked Prot?ég?és chosen by the  
Laureates include the highly talented Benny Green, Tan Dun, Wu Man,  
Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Roman Patkol?ó.

This extraordinary celebration of Glenn Gould will culminate in  
September 2008 with the Glenn Gould Prize Gala Concert, featuring  
performances by both the 2008 Glenn Gould Laureate and the City of  
Toronto Glenn Gould Prot?ég?é.

Many other international and local events to celebrate the music and
ideas of this legendary musician, communicator, and thinker are
currently underway. Details on all these events, as well as
late-breaking developments in the Year of Glenn Gould, will be posted on
the Glenn Gould Foundation's web site, www.glenngould.ca, as soon as
they become available. If you would like to be added to our mailing list
and receive timely information about these upcoming Gould events, please
send your mailing and email address to managingdirector@glenngould.ca.

The Glenn Gould Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission  
is to extend awareness of the legacy of Glenn Gould as an extraordinary  
musician and communicator, and to advance his innovative ideas into the  
future. For more information on the Foundation and to support its  
mission, please visit www.glenngould.ca.
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