\u201cAstonishing maturity… Marika Bournaki displayed amazing refinement and poetry.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Thomas Beaujean, Aachener Zeitung<\/em><\/p>\n

TORONTO (September 30, 2011) This November, twenty year-old Canadian musical sensation Marika Bournaki returns to Carnegie Hall to play a benefit recital for The Glenn Gould Foundation.<\/p>\n

“We are proud to have worked with Marika on a number of exciting projects,” said Brian Levine, Executive Director of the Foundation. “Her first benefit recital for us in 2008 was such a spectacular success that we jumped at the opportunity when she offered to support us with another performance,” said Mr. Levine.<\/p>\n

As part of its mission to extend the legacy of Glenn Gould, the Foundation recognizes and celebrates young artists of extraordinary promise, providing the kind of support that helped launch Gould\u2019s meteoric rise. In 2007, Marika made a powerful impression on audiences when she opened the 18-month-long exhibition, Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius<\/em> at the Canadian Museum of Civilization with a performance on Gould’s favourite Steinway piano. The event also marked the international celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gould\u2019s birth. Marika’s New York debut in benefit of The Glenn Gould Foundation soon followed in 2008. She also performed in front of distinguished audiences at an event honouring the Eighth Glenn Gould Prize Jury, including the world-renowned dramatic tenor Ben Heppner, the late Academy-Award winning director, playwright and screenwriter Anthony Minghella, award-winning author Michael Ondaatje and famed composer, musicologist and broadcaster Peter Shickele.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Marika performed for the Governor General of Canada at Ottawa\u2019s Rideau Hall in a concert for young artists presented by The Glenn Gould Foundation, and she was introduced to Prime Minister Harper in his office in the Parliament Buildings.<\/p>\n

The program this November in New York will feature Bach\u2019s Partita no. 1 in tribute to Gould, as well as works by Beethoven, Schubert and Ravel in the intimate Weill Recital Hall. Gala tickets include cocktail reception and dinner in Rohatyn and Shorin Club rooms.<\/p>\n

“We know that Marika\u2019s recital will be an outstanding musical event that\u2014thanks to her generosity\u2014will benefit The Glenn Gould Foundation and help us continue our work to promote musical excellence and education,” said Mr. Levine.<\/p>\n

On her relationship with The Glenn Gould Foundation, Marika said, \u201cI feel honored and privileged to be associated once more with The Glenn Gould Foundation and with Gould\u2019s constant search for musical creativity. As a young artist, I\u2019m excited to help The Glenn Gould Foundation continue its mission to honour Glenn Gould\u2019s spirit and transform lives through the power of music.\u201d<\/p>\n

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