Rico Gulda
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Rico Gulda is an Austria
n classical pianist and producer.
The son of the renowned enigmatic pianist Friedrich Gulda
and Yuko Wakiyama, Rico grew up in Munich
, Germany
and began taking piano lessons at age 5. He received piano instruction at the Musikhochschule Wien as well as with master pianists, including his own father. His professional career has seen him deliver recitals at such notable venues as the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Mozarteum in Salzburg
, the Bruckner Orchester in Linz
, the Sinfonia di Milano, and the Orchestre National de Belgique. He has a long-standing professional and personal friendship with baritone Florian Prey. Along with his brother Paul he has played concerts with Martha Argerich
and has also performed with such artists as Renaud Capucon, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Christian Arming and Ola Rudner.
Gulda has received acclaim for his various CD recordings, interpretations of music by Franz Schubert
, Robert Schumann
, and Mozart, among other compilations. He has also worked as a musical producer and international music manager; his production of Ferhan & Ferzan Önder's "Vivaldi Reflections" won the Echo Klassik award.
Gulda lives in Vienna
, is married, and has one daughter.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n classical pianist and producer.
The son of the renowned enigmatic pianist Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields.Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7...
and Yuko Wakiyama, Rico grew up in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and began taking piano lessons at age 5. He received piano instruction at the Musikhochschule Wien as well as with master pianists, including his own father. His professional career has seen him deliver recitals at such notable venues as the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Mozarteum in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, the Bruckner Orchester in Linz
Linz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
, the Sinfonia di Milano, and the Orchestre National de Belgique. He has a long-standing professional and personal friendship with baritone Florian Prey. Along with his brother Paul he has played concerts with Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three...
and has also performed with such artists as Renaud Capucon, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Christian Arming and Ola Rudner.
Gulda has received acclaim for his various CD recordings, interpretations of music by Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
, Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
, and Mozart, among other compilations. He has also worked as a musical producer and international music manager; his production of Ferhan & Ferzan Önder's "Vivaldi Reflections" won the Echo Klassik award.
Gulda lives in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, is married, and has one daughter.