Glenn Gould: A Musician in the Strictest Sense of the Word
by Majid Abbasi
(Edited by Penny Johnson)

It was during my final year of high school, that I first became
acquainted with the work of Glenn Gould. The year was 1982,
and as a young man living in Tehran, Iran, I recall coming across
an article in a local publication, in which the news of the Canadian
pianist’s premature death on the fourth of October, was made
known to the world. For those of us hearing about Glenn Gould
for the first time, his death marked the beginning of a growing
fascination over one of history’s most multi-faceted personalities.
In the twenty-five years since his death, I have become familiar
with the work of Glenn Gould. While I am not a pianist, nor have
I had any formal musical training – I am a graphic designer who l
ives and works in Tehran, Iran – it seems fair to say ...

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