Richard Goode Piano Masterclass
We are very delighted to welcome Richard Goode to take a masterclass with some of our piano students.
Richard Goode has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth, andexpressiveness, and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classicaland Romantic music. In regular performances with the major orchestras, recitals in the world’s musiccapitals, masterclasses in person or online, and through his extensive and acclaimed Nonesuch recordings,he has won a large and devoted following.
An exclusive Nonesuch recording artist, Goode has made more than two dozen recordings over the years,ranging from solo and chamber works to lieder and concertos. His 10-CD set of the complete Beethovensonatas cycle, the first-ever by an American-born pianist, was nominated for a Grammy and has beenranked among the most distinguished recordings of this repertoire. Other recording highlights includenumerous Mozart piano concerti with Orpheus and the Beethoven piano concerti with Ivan Fischer andBudapest Festival Orchestra.
A native of New York, Richard Goode studied at the Mannes College of Music and the Curtis Institute. Hisnumerous prizes over the years include the Young Concert Artists Award, First Prize in the Clara HaskilCompetition, the Avery Fisher Prize, and a Grammy award for the Brahms Sonatas recorded with clarinetistRichard Stoltzman.
Mr. Goode served as co-Artistic Director of the renowned Marlboro Music School and Festival in Vermontfrom 1999 through 2013. In Fall 2021, Mr. Goode joined the Peabody Conservatory as Distinguished ArtistFaculty. For the 2025-26 season, Mr. Goode joins The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as an Artistic Partner.
He is married to the violinist Marcia Weinfeld, and, when the Goodes are not on tour, they and theircollection of some 5,000 volumes live in New York City.
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Richard Goode records exclusively for Nonesuch. Please visit Mr. Goode online at richardgoodepiano.comand on Facebook (@richardgoodepiano) for additional information about touring, recordings, and specialprojects.
If you would like to attend this masterclass please email concerts@purcell-school.org.
The masterclass is free to attend but donations to a retiring collection will be gratefully received.