Justin Trudeau: ‘Glenn Gould is someone Canadians are specially proud of’

Justin Trudeau: ‘Glenn Gould is someone Canadians are specially proud of’

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norman lebrecht

June 27, 2017

The Canadian prime minister talks about the piano icon in a short BBC radio interview with James Rhodes. ‘He embraced disruption in classical music,’ says Trudeau.

‘He is someone who, at a time when Canadians didn’t really feel they had a cultural imprint on the world, he was it. He transcended the Canadian modesty… we tend to need to have validation from outside our borders. He was so recognised as a giant in terms of music that he was someone Canadians are especially proud of.’

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