{{Infobox person | name = Rico Gulda | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|4|9}} | birth_place = Zurich, Switzerland | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = {{plainlist| * University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna }} | other_names = | occupation = {{plainlist| * Pianist * Conductor }} | awards = }} '''Rico Gulda''' (born 9 April 1968) is an Austrian classical pianist and conductor.
== Biography == === Early life and career === He was born in Zurich, as the third son of the prominent pianist Friedrich Gulda and the only child of his Japanese second wife, the pianist and composer Yuko Wakiyama.<ref name="Gulda">{{Cite web|url=https://musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_G/Gulda_Familie.xml|title=Gulda, Familie|publisher=Musiklexikon.ac.at|date=13 March 2024|access-date=24 June 2025|language=de}}</ref><ref name="Rico">{{Cite web|url=https://www.concoursosm.ca/rico-gulda/?lang=en|title=Rico Gulda|publisher=Concoursosm.ca|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref>
He grew up in Munich and received his first piano lessons at the age of five. From the age of twelve, he studied with {{Interlanguage link|Ludwig Hoffmann (pianist)|lt=Ludwig Hoffmann|de|Ludwig Hoffmann (Pianist)}} and later with {{Interlanguage link|Noel Flores|fi}} at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Master classes with Dmitri Bashkirov and Oleg Maisenberg, as well as work with his father, Friedrich Gulda, rounded out his education.<ref name="Gulda"/><ref name="Rico"/>
Gulda performs as a soloist, in a chamber music ensemble, and with orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz.<ref name="Gulda"/><ref name="Rico"/>
He has performed with his half-brother the pianist {{Interlanguage link|Paul Gulda|de}}, as well as with the pianists Paul Badura-Skoda and Martha Argerich, the violinist Renaud Capuçon, the conductor Christian Arming, the baritones Matthias Goerne and Michael Schade, among others. He has a long artistic collaboration and private friendship with the baritone Florian Prey.<ref name="Rico"/>
He taught piano at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, the Hansei University in Seoul, and in master classes in Vienna, Vietnam, and Japan.<ref name="Rico"/>
In 2013, he was promoted to head of artistic planning and dramaturgy of the Wiener Konzerthaus, where he served until 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://konzertzuhaus.at/gesprach-pacini-gulda/|title=Sophie Pacini & Rico Gulda|publisher=Konzertzuhaus.at|date=21 March 2021|access-date=24 June 2025|language=de}}</ref><ref name="Rico"/><ref name="Esterhazy"/> In 2025, he took over the management of the musical and cultural activities as general director of the Esterházy Private Foundation.<ref name="Esterhazy">{{Cite web|url=https://esterhazy.at/presse/rico-gulda-wechselt-vom-konzerthaus-wien-per-1-m%C3%A4rz-2025-zur-esterhazy-privatstiftung#:~:text=Rico%20Gulda%2C%20derzeit%20K%C3%BCnstlerischer%20Betriebsdirektor,Aktivit%C3%A4ten%20der%20Esterhazy%20Privatstiftung%20%C3%BCbernehmen.|title=Rico Gulda wechselt vom Konzerthaus Wien per 1. März 2025 zur Esterhazy Privatstiftung|publisher=Esterhazy.at|date=1 March 2025|access-date=24 June 2025|language=de}}</ref> He is also artistic director of the Oberösterreichische Stiftskonzerte summer festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stiftskonzerte.at/ueber-uns/team/|title=Team – Mitglieder|publisher=Stiftskonzerte.at|access-date=24 June 2025|language=de}}</ref><ref name="Rico"/> He is a member of the "Piano Duo" jury of the triennial Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wfimc.org/member-competition/graz-international-competition-franz-schubert-and-modern-music|title=Graz – International Competition "Franz Schubert and Modern Music" {{!}} World Federation of International Music Competitions|website=Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition|quote=FS&MM ... Bringing Schubert’s chamber music into relation with both new and the latest works...|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref>
=== Personal life === * Rico Gulda was married to the pianist Ferhan Önder and they have a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article212001/Der-Sohn-Friedrichs-des-Grossen-erobert-Hamburg.html|title=Der Sohn Friedrichs des Großen erobert Hamburg|publisher=Die Welt|date=4 April 2006|access-date=24 June 2025|language=de}}</ref><ref name="Gulda"/>
== Discography == * 1997: Rico Gulda: ''Schubert Klaviersonate D 784 & 3 Klavierstücke D946'' (Gramola)<ref name="Discogs">{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2237277-Rico-Gulda|title=Rico Gulda|publisher=Discogs|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref> * 1999: Rico Gulda and Michael Badura-Skoda: ''Art Cult-Concert (Klavier Zu Vier Händen)'' (Austria Tabak, Art Cult)<ref name="Discogs"/> * 2001: Rico Gulda: ''Schuman – Album Für Die Jugend Op. 68'' (Naxos)<ref name="Discogs"/> * 2002: Rico Gulda and Christopher Hinterhuber: ''Schubert – Piano Works For Four Hands'' (Naxos)<ref name="Discogs"/> * 2008: Hermann Prey, Florian Prey, Karl Engel, Friedrich Gulda, Rico Gulda, Leonard Hokanson, Michael Krist and Wolfgang Sawallisch: ''Die Lieder Meines Vaters Ausgewählt Von Florian Prey'' (Deutsche Grammophon)<ref name="Discogs"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{DNB-Portal|135237440|TYP=Medien von und über}} (in German)
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