Glenn Gould

SO last.fm has totally been recommending artists to me, as it should. Among suggestions such as Friendly Fires, The xx, The Clash, Dan Black, Ra Ra Riot and Yeasayer, was Glenn Gould.

Of course, I hear you say, BUT he is just a pianist.

WELL, let's see if Wikipedia has anything to say on the subject:
"As a teenager, Gould wrote chamber music and piano works in the style of the Second Viennese school of composition. His only significant work was the String Quartet, Op. 1, which he finished when he was in his 20s, and perhaps his cadenzas to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, which can be heard on his recording of the piece and have recently been recorded by the German pianist Lars Vogt."

SNAP!

And as always, no photos from when he was old.


Mmm piano...