Glenn Gould’s performance on The Goldberg Variations has nurtured and inspired many generations of musicians ever since its first inception. To Swedish pianist Daniel Propper, the piece itself has brought him recognition and memories. A student of Tatiana Nikolaieva, Daniel

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It was early 2009 and I was searching for a way to distract my father and myself after the recent death of my mother. My father loved to “talk shop.” Little did I know that I would stumble upon an

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