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Ben Laude: "I got obsessed with how he was playing it"

Ben Laude: "I got obsessed with how he was playing it"

Update: 2021-03-12

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Variations 10, 11, 12. It's impossible to tell the story of the Goldberg Variations without mentioning Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. Gould's two recordings of the variations, one in 1955, the other in 1981, forever changed the place of the Goldbergs in our culture. In this episode, we explore Gould's legacy -- and the idea of musical idols -- through the eyes of Ben Laude, a concert pianist and pedagogue who relied on Gould in a period of musical crisis.

Photo credit: Rebecca Blair.

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Ben Laude: "I got obsessed with how he was playing it"

Ben Laude: "I got obsessed with how he was playing it"

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