OTTAWA (Canada) – On Thursday morning, National Arts Centre Orchestra Music Director Alexander Shelley and young piano prodigy Jan Lisiecki will be on hand to say goodbye to CD 318, the storied Steinway piano of legendary Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, just moments before the instrument is temporarily stored at the Canadian Museum of Nature, as a result of the ongoing renovations at the NAC.

Media are invited to attend:

WHAT:                 Moving of the Glenn Gould Piano
WHEN:                Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 p.m.
WHERE:               Southam Hall Mezzanine, National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin Street, Ottawa
WHO:                   Alexander Shelley, Music Director, NAC Orchestra, Jan Lisiecki, Pianist, Meg Beckel, President of the Museum of Nature

DETAILS :            Jan Lisiecki will be performing Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 with the NAC Orchestra Thursday evening in “Brahms Requiem.” He recently released his recording of Schumann’s complete works for Piano and Orchestra on the Deutsche Grammophon label to great acclaim.

Glenn Gould’s CD 318 piano has been on display at the NAC since 2012 thanks to NAC donors Phil and Eli Taylor from Toronto. Glenn Gould discovered the piano in 1960 at the Eaton Auditorium in Toronto. It was love at first sight, describing his relationship with the piano as “a romance on three legs.” “It has the most translucent sound of any piano I ever played,” Gould said.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Rosemary Thompson
Director, Communications and Public Affairs
National Arts Centre
613 947-7000 x260
rthompson@nac-cna.ca

Carl Martin
Senior Advisor, Communications
National Arts Centre
613 947-7000 x560
carl.martin@nac-cna.ca