The Canadian musician died in 1982 at age 50 after struggling a stroke.
The late Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould is the most recent artist to be introduced again to life and despatched to work as a hologram.
Eyellusion, the hologram leisure firm behind excursions for Frank Zappa and Ronnie James Dio, is working with Gould’s rights holder Primary Wave Music Publishing on a Glenn Gould Hologram Tour with dates anticipated to be introduced in late 2019.
“Glenn Gould would have beloved this new expertise that can carry his best possible performances to venues throughout Canada and around the globe,” stated Faye Perkins in an announcement on behalf of the Glenn Gould property. “Glenn’s stay performances have been at all times an occasion and we’re thrilled for followers previous and new to have the ability to expertise what it was wish to see him on stage.”
The Toronto-born musician died in 1982 at age 50 after struggling a stroke. Gould recorded for each CBS/Sony Masterworks and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the latter of which named a studio after him.
He is widely known for his irreverent enjoying type and interpretations of works by J.S. Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and others. Among his accolades are 4 Grammy Awards and a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013, the RIAA Lifetime Achievement Award, three Juno Awards, a 1983 posthumous Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction and a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame in 1998.
“Considering how a lot of a perfectionist Gould was about his music and performances, and Primary Wave’s deep respect and understanding of his music and artistry, we’re honored to have the chance to collaborate carefully on such an progressive manufacturing,” stated Eyellusion CEO Jeff Pezzuti in an announcement. “Seeing Glenn Gould play his most well-known works as solely he may, accompanied by orchestras in a few of the world’s most well-known live performance halls, is the easiest way to expertise this unbelievable artist’s work and contributions to fashionable classical music. We stay up for working with Primary Wave to create one more unbelievable manufacturing that honors and passes down the legacy of one of the crucial necessary musicians of our time.”
Last 12 months, Primary Wave Music Publishing, one of many largest unbiased music publishers within the U.S., acquired Gould’s music rights. The deal included his publishing and sure grasp recordings and audiovisual works, in addition to the rights to his identify and likeness.
“Glenn had a deep appreciation for expertise and we have lengthy identified that as quickly because the medium was able to assist a full scale tour, {that a} hologram manufacturing could be the easiest way to reintroduce him to the stage,” stated Primary Wave founder and CEO Lawrence Mestel.
He continued, “It doesn’t take a classically-trained ear to listen to the genius in Glenn’s work, however we all know that to really expertise his musicianship is to see firsthand how he commanded the piano and made it bend effortlessly to his will. That is the imaginative and prescient for what is bound to be a groundbreaking manufacturing.”
