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Encyclopedia > Richard Goode

Richard Goode is a US pianist.


Goode was born in New York. He studied piano with Elvira Szigeti, Claude Frank, Nadia Reisenberg and Rudolf Serkin. He won numerous prizes, including First Prize in the Clara Haskil Competition and the Avery Fisher Prize. State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Rudolf Serkin (March 28, 1903 – May 8, 1991) was an Austrian-American pianist. ...


He has made many recordings, including Mozart Concertos with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and was the first American-born pianist to record the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. He regularly appears at the world's leading venues and with the greatest orchestras. With Mitsuko Uchida, he is co-Artistic Director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival. Goode is married to the violinist Marcia Weinfeld. The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is a small classical music orchestra which has made many recordings. ... Mitsuko Uchida is a pianist born in Japan in 1952. ... The Marlboro Music Festival is a music festival founded in 1951 by Rudolf Serkin and Adolf Busch. ...


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Richard Goode - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (178 words)
Richard Goode (born June 1, 1943) is a Jewish-born, American classical pianist, known especially for his interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven and chamber music.
Goode is married to the violinist Marcia Weinfeld.
Richard Goode and Richard Stoltzman for Brahms: The Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op.
Guardian | Richard Goode (260 words)
Richard Goode may be American born, bred and trained, but his piano playing has a very European seriousness about it.
Goode's performance of these pieces, so often treated as wispy, impressionist sketches, was a reminder that Wagner's Parsifal was a huge and persistent influence on Debussy.
Goode's lack of affectation in the partita may have been welcome after the preciousness of some contemporary Bach pianists, but his performance lacked real poise and sharply characterised rhythms.
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