RICHARD GOODE, piano
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BIOGRAPHY
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PROGRAM OFFERINGS
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SPECIAL PROJECTS
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SELECT REVIEWS
Mozart K.456 w. BBC Philharmonic
Goode Enthralls in Rockport
The New York Times
Steinway & Sons Interview
Mozart w. St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
A Recital to Remember, Dublin
w. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Mozart at Chipping Campden
CSO Interview
RECORDINGS
Full Discography
Nonesuch Records
SPCO Artistic Partner 2025-26
“Every time we hear him, he impresses us as better than we remembered, surprising us, surpassing our expectations and communicating perceptions that stay in the mind”
“American pianist Richard Goode played a remarkable recital at Rockport Music’s Shalin Liu Performance Center Saturday. Not for a single moment did he fail to enthrall and enlighten.”
”... Goode ... demonstrated his gifts as a storyteller, bringing along his listeners. ... Goode wooed us with astonishing sonority and emotion.”
”Goode’s interpretive and technical gifts are unsurpassed, his emotional involvement total...”
Richard Goode has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness, and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music. In regular performances with the major orchestras, recitals in the world’s music capitals, 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 Beethoven sonatas cycle, the first-ever by an American-born pianist, was nominated for a Grammy and has been ranked among the most distinguished recordings of this repertoire. Other recording highlights include Mozart piano concerti with Orpheus, with whom he launched the 2021 season at New York's 92nd St Y.
A native of New York, Richard Goode studied at the Mannes College of Music and the Curtis Institute. His numerous prizes over the years include the Young Concert Artists Award, First Prize in the Clara Haskil Competition, the Avery Fisher Prize, and a Grammy award for the Brahms Sonatas recorded with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman.
Mr. Goode served as co-Artistic Director of the renowned Marlboro Music School and Festival in Vermont from 1999 through 2013. In Fall 2021, Mr. Goode joined the Peabody Conservatory as Distinguished Artist Faculty. For the 2025-26 season, Mr. Goode joins The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as its newest Artistic Partner.
He is married to the violinist Marcia Weinfeld, and, when the Goodes are not on tour, they and their collection 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.com and on Facebook (@richardgoodepiano) for additional information about touring, recordings, and special projects.
Click here to see Richard Goode perform Beethoven at Tippet Rise.