Timeline of Glenn Gould's career

1932
September 25: Birth of Glenn Gould in Toronto as Glenn Herbert Gold. He was the son of Russell Herbert "Bert" Gold (1901-1996), a fur salesman and violinist, and Florence Emma Gold (née Grieg; 1891–1975), an organist and pianist whose maternal grandfather was a cousin of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.

1938
c. 1938 A young Glenn Gould sees Josef Hoffmann perform.

1939
c. 1939: The Gold family begins being known as the Gould family

1944
1944-1946: Several joint concerts of Kiwanis festival winners

1945
February 16: Organ recital in Toronto (Toronto Conservatory). Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C minor; Dupuis Organ Concerto in G (one movement only)

June 22: Toronto. Chopin Impromptu in F Sharp, Etude Op. 10 no. 3; Brahms Ballade in G minor; Liszt Valse oubliée

November 29: Toronto. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 (first movement only), two-piano version w/ Alberto Guerrero

December 12: Toronto. Mendelssohn Organ Sonata no. 6 (two movements); Dupuis Organ Concerto (one movement only); Bach Fugue in G minor

1946
February 3: Toronto. Mendelssohn Organ Sonata no 1; Dupuis; Bach fugue

April 10: Toronto. Bach Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude & Fugue in B-flat minor, Partita no. 2 (Rondeaux and Capriccio); Chopin Impromptu, Waltz in E minor

May 8: Toronto (Massey Hall). Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 (first movement only) with Ettore Mazzoleni and Toronto Conservatory Symphony Orchestra

October 28: Toronto. Beethoven Sonata Op. 2 no. 3 (last movement only); Chopin Impromptu

1947
January 14 & 15: Toronto. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 with Bernard Heinze and Toronto Symphony Orchestra

April 10: Toronto. Haydn Sonata in E flat; Bach Preludes and Fugues in B-flat minor and C-sharp minor; Beethoven Sonata Op. 10 no. 3; Chopin Impromptu; Mendelssohn Andante and Rondo Capricioso

May 1: Toronto. Unknown program

June 8: Toronto. Dupuis Concerto; Mozart Romanze; four Bach chorale preludes

October 20: Toronto (Eaton Auditorium). Five Scarlatti sonatas; Beethoven Tempest Sonata; Couperin Passaicalle (arranged by Guerrero); Chopin Waltz in A flat Op. 42, Impromptu; Liszt Au Bord d'une source; Mendelssohn Rondo

November 16: Toronto. Program same as Oct. 20

December 3: Hamilton. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1 with Sir Ernest MacMillan and Toronto Symphony Orchestra

1948
November 4: Toronto. Mozart Fantasia in C minor; Czerny Variations on a Theme of Rodé; Chopin Etude Op. 10 no. 7

November 11: Toronto. Dupuis Organ Concerto; MacDowell "To a Wild Rose"

1949
March 6: Toronto. Two Scarlatti sonatas; Beethoven Sonata no. 8 Op. 13; Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses

April 21: Toronto. Unknown program

May 3: Toronto. Two Scarlatti sonatas; two Chopin waltzes; Czerny

October 9: Toronto. Beethoven Variations in F; Prokofiev Sonata no. 7

1950
January 19: Toronto. Hindemith Piano sonata no. 3

February 12: Toronto. Bach Italian Concerto; Beethoven Eroica Variations

April 21: Toronto. Bach Italian Concerto; Beethoven variations; Prokofiev

May 18: Toronto. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 with Ezzero Mazzoleni and Toronto Conservatory Symphony Orchestra

September 1: Toronto. Bach Toccata in E minor; Czerny Variations on La Ricordanza; Chopin Etude in C-sharp minor

November 26: London, Ontario. Bach Toccata; Mozart Fantasia; Beethoven Eroica Variations

1951
January 4: Toronto. Hindemith Sonata no. 3; Gould Bassoon Sonata with Nicholas Kilburn, Gould Five Short Piano Pieces; Morawetz Fantasy in D minor; Krenek Sonata no. 3

January 23: Toronto. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1 with MacMillan and Toronto Symphony

March 6: Toronto. Weber Konzertstuck with MacMillan and Toronto Symphony

May 2: Hamilton. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 with Jan Wolanek and Hamilton Philharmonic

May 27: St. Catherines. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 with Wolanek and St. Catherines Civic Orchestra

October 28 & 29: Vancouver. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 with William Steinberg and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

November 7: Calgary. Bach Partita no. 5; Beethoven Sonata no. 8 op. 13, Beethoven Variations in F

December 12: Toronto. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 2 with MacMillan and Toronto Symphony

1952
February 10: Toronto. Sweelinck Fantasia; Bach Partita no. 5; Brahms Intermezzi; Berg Sonata

August 30: Toronto. Beethoven three bagatelles, Op. 126; Prokofiev Sonata no. 7

October 4: Toronto. Schoenberg six miscellaneous songs with Elizabeth Benson Guy, Piano Pieces Op. 11, Piano Suite Op. 25, Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte with Victor Feldbrill and unknown chamber group

November 6. Montreal. Bach Partita no. 5 Beethoven Sonata Op. 101; Brahms intermezzi; Berg

1953
February 16: Ottawa. Bach Toccata, Partita; Beethoven Sonata Op. 109; Brahms; Berg

July 31: Stratford Festival. Beethoven Trio Op. 70 no. 1; Brahms Op. 101 with Albert Pratz on the violin and Isaac Mamott on the cello

August 4: Straford Festival. Bach three Sinfonias, Partita no. ;Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 109; Berg Sonata

October 3: Toronto. Webern Variations Op. 27; Berg; Schoenberg Hanging Gardens with Roma Butler

October 19: Peterborough. Gibbons Pavane; Beethoven Sonata Op. 110; Berg

November 19: Toronto. Bach Partita no. 5; Schoenberg Pieces Op. 11; Berg

November 23: St. John, New Brunswick. Bach four Sinfonias, partita no. 5; Beethoven Op. 110; Berg

1954
January 24: Montreal. Bach fifteen Sinfonias; Schoenberg Suite Op. 25; Hindemith Sonata no. 3

April 1: Brantford, Ontario. Bach fifteen Sinfonias; Beethoven Op. 109; Brahms intermezzi; Berg

October 16: Toronto. All-Bach program, exact pieces unknown

October 25: Toronto. Bach fifteen Sinfonias; Beethoven Eroica Variations; Morawetz

November 4: Montreal. Morawetz; Bach three WTC preludes and fugues; Beethoven Eroica Variations

November 15: Winnipeg. Webern Variations; Bach Partita no. 5; Berg; Beethoven Op. 109

December 14 & 15: Montreal. Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1 with Désiré Defauw and Montreal Symphony Orchestra

1955
January 2: Gould tours outside of Canada for the first time in Washington, D.C., the capitol of the United States. Program was Gibbons Pavane; Sweelinck Fantasia; Bach five Sinfonias, Partita no. 5; Webern Variations; Beethoven Sonata Op. 09; Berg

January 11: New York. Program was same as January 2

March 14: Ottawa. Bach Goldberg Variations; Hindemith Sonata no. 3; Krenek Sonata no. 3

March 29: Toronto. Bach Keyboard Concerto in D minor; Strauss Burleske with MacMillan and Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Early June: Gould signs with Columbia

June 10-16: Columbia Records 30th Street studio in Manhattan. Gould makes his studio debut recording the Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach.

July 12: Stratford Festival. Beethoven Concerto no. 2 with Boyd Neel and Hart House Orchestra

July 29: Straford Festival. Goldberg Variations

August 8: Montreal. Beethoven Concerto no. 4 with Jean Marie Beaudet and Toronto Symphony

November 7: Montreal. Goldberg Variations; Beethoven Sonata Op. 111; Hindemith Sonata no. 3

November 10: Ottawa. Beethoven Concerto no. 2 with Eugene Kash and Ottawa Philharmonic

November 15: Sherbrooke. Beethoven Concerto no. 4 with Sylvio Lacharité and Sherbrooke Symphony

December 4 & 5: Victoria, British Columbia. Beethoven Concerto no. 5 with Hans Gruber and Victoria Symphony Orchestra

December 11: Edmonton. Beethoven Concerto no. 4 with Lee Hepner and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

December 12: Winnipeg. Beethoven Concerto no. 1 with Walter Kaufmann and Winnipeg Symphony

1956
January 3: Gould's first vinyl, Bach: The Goldberg Variations, is released.

March 15: Detroit. Beethoven Concerto no. 4 with Paul Paray and Detroit Symphony

March 18: Windsor, Ontario. Repeat of March 15 Detroit concert

March 21: Hamilton. Bach Concerto in D minor with MacMillan and Toronto Symphony

April 16: Toronto. Bach Art of Fugue contrapuncti 2 4 & 7, Partita no. 5, Beethoven Op. 109; Hindemith Sonata no. 3

May 7: New York. Excerpts from Bach's Art of Fugue

July 9: Stratford Festival. Krenek Sonata no. 3; Berg; Conducted Schoenberg's Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte; his string quartet was also performed

October 10: Mount Lebanon, PA. Beethoven Concerto no. 3 with William Steinberg and Pittsburgh Symphony

October 15: Watertown, Connecticut. Bach fifteen Sinfonias; Beethoven Op. 109; Hindemith sonata no. 3

October 23 & 24: Toronto. Beethoven concerto no. 2 with Walter Susskind and Toronto Symphony

October 30 & 31: Montreal. Bach Concerto in D minor; Strauss Burleske with Milton Katims and Montreal Symphony

November 2: Delaware, Ohio. Bach fifteen sinfonias, Art of Fugue nrs 1, 2, 4, & 7; Beethoven Op. 109

November 16: Metropolitan Museum, New York. Bach fifteen sinfonias; Krenek sonata no. 3; Hindemith sonata no. 3

November 19: Dallas. Beethoven concerto no. 5 with Walter Hendel and Dallas Symphony

November 26: Niagara Falls, Ontario. Unknown program

November 28: Hamilton. Bach Italian Concerto; Beethoven Op. 110; Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses

December 5: Spokane. Beethoven Op. 110; Mendelssohn Variations; two Brahms intermezzi

December 9: Vancouver. Beethoven concerto no. 3 with Irwin Hoffman and Vancouver Symphony

December 11: Vancouver. Beethoven concerto no. 5 (1st movement only) with Hoffman; Bach Goldberg Variations (excerpts only)

December 13: Winnipeg. Bach Concerto in D minor with Walter Kaufman and Winnipeg Symphony

December 29 & 30: St. Louis. Beethoven Concerto no. 4 with Vladimir Golschmann and St. Louis Symphony

1957
January 26 & 27: New York. Beethoven concerto no. 2 with Bernstein and N.Y. Philharmonic

February 4: Burlington, Vermont. Beethoven Op. 109; Hindemith sonata no. 3

February 11: Quebec. Bach fifteen Sinfonias; Beethoven Op. 109; Berg

February 14: Brockville, Ontario. Bach Partita no. 6; Beethoven Op. 109; Hindemith sonata no. 3

February 28, March 1 & 2: San Fransisco. Bach concerto in F minor, Strauss Burleske with Enrique Jordá and San Fransisco Symphony

1962
c. 1962: Gould meets Lukas Foss and Cornelia Foss

April 6 & 8: New York. Brahms Concerto in D minor with Leonard Bernstein. This concert is notable for Bernstein's controversial pre-performace remarks

1964
April 10: Glenn Gould performs in public for the last time in Los Angeles. Program was Bach Art of Fugue Contrapunctus IV, Partita no. 4; Beethoven Sonata Op. 110; and Hindemith sonata no. 3

1968
c. 1968: Gould's relationship with Cornelia Foss begins

1972
c. 1972: Cornelia Foss breaks up with Gould, and returns to her husband Lukas in Los Angeles

1974
April: Gould does his first documentary with Bruno Monsaingeon, The Alchemist

1981
May: Gould re-records the Goldberg Variations

1982
July 27 & 29: Gould starts recording Wagner's Siegfried Idyll as conductor

September 1-3: Gould holds his final recording sessions as a pianist, recording Richard Strauss' piano sonata no. 3

September 13: Gould holds his final recording session as conductor

September 27: 2 days after turning 50, Gould suffers a stroke

October 4: The great pianist is taken off of life support after falling into a coma and irreversible damage is done to his brain

2013
Gould is posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His friend Tim Page accepted the award on his behalf.