Friedrich Gulda plays Gulda – For Rico (1981)

In a live recording from the Amerikahaus, Munich, in 1981 Gulda reveals the versatility of his keyboard playing. On the clavichord he plays three preludes and fugues from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier; on the piano, his own re-working of Schubert’s Der Wanderer, ending with Debussy’s Reflects dans l’eau and a selection of his own compositions (Exercise No. 9, For Paul, Prelude and Fugue, For Rico). Friedrich Gulda – For Rico (Für Rico) Watch the full concert: Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked 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 a