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Friedrich Gulda






Friedrich Gulda nació en Viena, el 26 de mayo de 1930, hijo de un profesor. Comenzó a aprender a tocar el piano en la academia de Felix Pazofsky, a la temprana edad de siete años. En 1942, ingresó a la Academia Musical de Viena, donde estudió piano y teoría musical a través de Bruno Seidlhofer y Joseph Marx.

Ganó su primer premio en el Concurso Internacional de Ginebra, en 1946. Al principio, el pianista belga Lode Backx (n. 1922) era el preferido, pero, al emitir la decisión final, Gulda fue el ganador. Uno de los jueces, Eileen Joyce, que favoreció a Backx, se enfureció y creó un incidente menor insinuando que los jueces que votaron por Gulda "habían sido sobornados" por los representantes de éste.[1] Luego, Friedrich comenzó a viajar a través del mundo para mostrar su música. Junto a Jörg Demus y Paul Badura-Skoda, él formó lo que se llamó Vienesse troika.

Aunque fue conocido principalmente sus interpretaciones de Beethoven, Gulda también interpretó música de Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy y Ravel.

A lo largo de la década de 1950, se interesó por el jazz y comenzó a interpretarla con músicos vieneses como, por ejemplo, Alexander Jenner, además de escribir canciones originales y fragmentos instrumentales combinando jazz con música clásica en sus conciertos. Gulda escribió música como Variations on the Doors o Light My Fire. Otra versión puede ser encontrada en As You Like It (1970). Gulda es considerado como uno de los pianistas más importantes de todo el siglo XX. Entre sus alumnos, se encuentran pianistas del renombre de Martha Argerich o Claudio Abbado.[2]

Expresó el deseo de morir el mismo día que nació uno de sus más grandes ídolos: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, y así fue; falleció el 27 de enero de 2000, a la edad de 69 años, debido a un paro cardiovascular. Gulda está enterrado en el cementerio de Steinbach, cerca del Lago de Attersee, en Austria.



Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist who performed 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; in 1942, he entered the Vienna Music Academy, where he studied piano and musical theory under Bruno Seidlhofer and Joseph Marx.

He won first prize at the International Competition in Geneva in 1946. Initially the jury preferred the Belgian pianist Lode Backx (b. 1922), but when the final vote was taken, Gulda was the winner. One of the jurors, Eileen Joyce, who favoured Backx, stormed out and created a minor international incident by claiming the other jurors were "nobbled" by Gulda's supporters.[1] Gulda began going on concert tours throughout the world. Together with Jörg Demus and Paul Badura-Skoda, Gulda formed what became known as the "Viennese troika".

Although most famous for his Beethoven interpretations, Gulda also performed the music of J. S. Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy and Ravel.

From the 1950s on he cultivated an interest in jazz, performing with many Viennese musicians like Alexander Jenner[1], writing several songs and instrumental pieces himself and combining jazz and classical music in his concerts at times. Gulda wrote a Prelude and Fugue with a theme suggesting swing. Keith Emerson performed it on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's The Return of the Manticore. In addition, Gulda composed "Variations on The Doors' 'Light My Fire'". Another version can be found on As You Like It (1970), an album with standards such as "'Round Midnight" and "What Is This Thing Called Love?"

In 1982, Gulda teamed up with jazz pianist Chick Corea, who found himself in between the breakup of Return to Forever and the formation of his Elektric Band. Issued on The Meeting (Philips, 1984), Gulda and Corea communicate in lengthy improvisations mixing jazz ("Some Day My Prince Will Come" and the lesser known Miles Davis song "Put Your Foot Out") and classical music (Brahms' "Wiegenlied" ["Cradle song"]).

It was this unorthodox practice that, among other things, earned him the nickname "terrorist pianist"; Gulda had a strong dislike of authorities like the Vienna Academy, the Beethoven Ring of which he was offered in recognition of his performances but which he refused, and even faked his own death in 1999, cementing his status as the enfant terrible among pianists. Nevertheless, Gulda is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding piano players of the 20th century. His piano students included Martha Argerich and the conductor Claudio Abbado[2].

He expressed a wish to die on the birthday of the composer he most adored, Mozart, and in fact did so, on 27 January 2000, at the age of 69, following heart failure. Gulda is buried in the cemetery of Steinbach near Attersee, Austria.

He was married twice, first to Paola Loew and then to Yuko Wakiyama. Two of his three sons, Paul and Rico Gulda (one from each of his marriages) are also accomplished pianists.

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