Bach: Goldberg Variations<\/em> is considered a classic. Gould died in 1982 at age 50. He received a posthumous lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cAfter spending decades admiring the virtuosity of Glenn Gould\u2019s work, I am awestruck and honored to receive this award,\u201d John said in a statement. John, of course, has won countless lifetime achievement awards, including the Kennedy Center Honors, the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, a Grammy Legend Award, the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Glenn Gould Prize is awarded biennially and includes a CDN$100,000 cash award for the Laureate, who also selects an exceptional young artist to receive the CDN$25,000 Glenn Gould Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Prize.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIn selecting our Laureate, Elton John, we chose to honor someone who has great artistic accomplishments, but whose life and whose art has been translated into something much greater than just performance or the consumption of music and things they\u2019ve created,\u201d said the Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada and this year\u2019s jury chair for the Glenn Gould Prize.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cElton John has used his enormous talent and his great success to change lives. He\u2019s been courageous in taking on causes, whether AIDS, LGBTQ+ rights, addiction and all sorts of issues that were not popular when he engaged with them and he was prepared to take the wonderful success that his musical talent had given him to make a difference in the world. And from our perspective that represents the highest level of achievement for an artist and celebrates the memory of Glenn Gould in the best way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cElton John embodies the spirit of artistic excellence, innovation, and profound humanity that The Glenn Gould Prize was created to celebrate,\u201d added Brian Levine, CEO, Glenn Gould Foundation. \u201cGlenn Gould\u2019s vision was one of boundless creativity, fearless originality and an unshakable commitment to using music as a force for good in the world. Sir Elton has exemplified these ideals throughout his extraordinary career, not only with his incredible musical catalogue and immense talent but also championing emerging artists across genres and using his global platform to inspire transformational humanistic change. His enduring impact on music and culture makes him a truly perfect recipient of this honor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe announcement of The Glenn Gould Prize Laureate was made during a public event at Kings Place in London. The event featured a Q&A session with the jury and performances by South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza and 17-year-old Canadian piano prodigy Ryan Wang.<\/p>\n
\n\tLiving candidates of any nationality are eligible for The Glenn Gould Prize, with nominations coming from the public. Disciplines include but are not limited to musical creation or performance, theater, dance, choreography, writing, design, film, television, radio and broadcasting, visual art, multimedia, writing, technology\/innovation, architecture and design.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe prize will be presented to John during a special gala celebration to be held in Toronto this fall.<\/p>\n
\n\tHere\u2019s a complete list of recipients of the Glenn Gould Prize:<\/p>\n
\n\t1987:<\/strong> R. Murray Shafer<\/p>\n\n\t1990:<\/strong> Yehudi Menuhin<\/p>\n\n\t1993:<\/strong> Oscar Peterson<\/p>\n\n\t1996:<\/strong> T\u014dru Takemitsu<\/p>\n\n\t1999:<\/strong> Yo-Yo Ma<\/p>\n\n\t2002:<\/strong> Pierre Boulez<\/p>\n\n\t2005:<\/strong> Andr\u00e9 Previn<\/p>\n\n\t2008:<\/strong> Jos\u00e9 Antonio Abreu<\/p>\n\n\t2011:<\/strong> Leonard Cohen<\/p>\n\n\t2013:<\/strong> Robert Lepage<\/p>\n\n\t2015:<\/strong> Philip Glass<\/p>\n\n\t2018:<\/strong> Jessye Norman<\/p>\n\n\t2020:<\/strong> Alanis Obomsawin<\/p>\n\n\t2022: <\/strong>Gustavo Dudamel<\/p>\n\n\t2025: <\/strong>Sir Elton John<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Elton John has been named the 2025 recipient of the Glenn Gould Prize. A wide range of creative talents have won the award over the years. John is only the second to come from the (broadly defined) rock world, following the late Leonard Cohen. Related \u2018An Evening With Elton John and Brandi Carlile\u2019 Concert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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