Glenn Gould
Canadian classical celebrated pianists. Renowned as interpreter of Johann Sebastian Bach. Was identified by technical proficiency at articulate contrapuntal texture of Bach.
1932 – 1982 Toronto, Canadian on September 25, 1932, the only child and distant relative of Edvard Grieg. The family’s surname changed to Gould around 1939 to avoid being mistaken as Jewish, avoiding the prevailing antisemitism of Toronto.
“When people ask me if I’m Jewish, I always tell them that I was Jewish during the war.”
