Richard Goode, born in the Bronx 79 years ago, is an American piano soloist especially known for his interpretations of Mozart and Beethoven.  His musical training began at New York’s Mannes College where his teachers included Elvira Szigeti and Nadia Reisenberg and continued at Curtis with Rudolf Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski. Mr. Goode is the first American pianist to record the complete Beethoven piano sonatas and won a Grammy along with his chamber music partner, Richard Stoltzman, for best chamber music performance for Brahms: The sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120. He served as co-Artistic Director (1999-2013) of the renowned Marlboro Music School and Festival in Vermont. In 2021, he joined the Peabody Conservatory as Distinguished Artist Faculty.

Much in demand, he continues to perform as soloist with all the major orchestras and gives recitals around the world.  In addition to his live performances, he has made more than two dozen recordings for Nonesuch, ranging from solo and chamber works to lieder and concertos.  Richard Goode’s approach to music-making has been characterized as” having tremendous emotional power, depth, and expressiveness…”