Richard Goode, piano

Richard Goode has been hailed for music making of tremendous emotional power, depth, and expressiveness, and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music. Gramophone magazine recently captured the essence of what makes Richard Goode such an original and compelling artist: ‘‘Every time we hear him, he impresses us as better than we remembered, surprising us, surpassing our expectations and communicating perceptions that stay in the mind.” His numerous prizes over the years include the Young Concert Artists Award, First Prize in the Clara Haskil Competition, the Avery Fisher Prize, and a Grammy Award for his recording of the Brahms Sonatas with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. Goode will also give a series of public master classes while at the RCM.

This recital marks Mr. Goode’s third performance in Koerner Hall.

“It is virtually impossible to walk away from one of Mr. Goode’s recitals without the sense of having gained some new insight, subtle or otherwise, into the works he played or about pianism itself.” (The New York Times)

All-Ludwig van Beethoven program:

Bagatelles Nos. 6-11, op. 119
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109
33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, op. 120