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Tuesday, 26 November 2002
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Last of the hard-core Modernists
In a choice befitting its namesake, unconventional French composer Pierre Boulez, 77, wins the Glenn Gould Prize, ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN writes
By ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN
-- Glenn Gould left his whole estate to the Toronto Humane Society and the Salvation Army. Some of his admirers thought there should be some remainder for artists who, like Gould, have changed the musical world, so they raised enough money to fund a $50,000 triennial prize, the latest edition of which was given to French composer Pierre Boulez on Sunday at the CBC's Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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