Richard Goode has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth, and expressiveness, and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music. In regular performances with the major orchestras, recitals in the world’s music capitals, masterclasses in person or online, and through his extensive and acclaimed Nonesuch recordings, he has won a large and devoted following.

An exclusive Nonesuch recording artist, Goode has made more than two dozen recordings over the years, ranging from solo and chamber works to lieder and concertos. His 10-CD set of the complete Beethoven sonatas cycle, the first-ever by an American-born pianist, was nominated for a Grammy and has been ranked among the most distinguished recordings of this repertoire. Other recording highlights include numerous Mozart piano concerti with Orpheus and the Beethoven piano concerti with Ivan Fischer and Budapest Festival Orchestra.

A native of New York, Richard Goode studied at the Mannes College of Music and the Curtis Institute. His numerous prizes over the years include the Young Concert Artists Award, First Prize in the Clara Haskil Competition, the Avery Fisher Prize, and a Grammy award for the Brahms Sonatas recorded with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman.

Mr. Goode served as co-Artistic Director of the renowned Marlboro Music School and Festival in Vermont from 1999 through 2013. In Fall 2021, Mr. Goode joined the Peabody Conservatory as Distinguished Artist Faculty.

He is married to the violinist Marcia Weinfeld, and, when the Goodes are not on tour, they and their collection of some 5,000 volumes live in New York City.

Address: 468 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT

Directions: Take Exit 37 off the Merritt Parkway (North or South). Take a left onto South Avenue (Route 124 North). Saxe Middle School is 3/4 of a mile on your right hand side after the YMCA and before your first light. 

Parking: There is plenty of free parking available on site. 

Once you purchase your tickets, you will receive a Ticket Purchase Confirmation email. Please present either a photo or a physical copy of the Ticket Purchase Confirmation along with a photo ID of the Primary Ticket Holder at the front desk  upon entering the building.

Please silence or turn off all phones and any other devices that could be disruptive to the artist during his performance. No photography or audio/video recording is allowed to take place during the concert.

The Wendy Tisch Memorial Concert takes place in a sound engineered, newly renovated auditorium at the Saxe Middle School in New Canaan, CT. Seating is first come, first in. Doors to the auditorium will open 30 minutes before the concert start time. We ask that you wait in the lobby area until doors open.