{"id":525330,"date":"2026-03-09T21:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525330\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T21:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:17:08","slug":"elton-john-to-celebrate-glenn-gould-prize-at-toronto-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525330\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John to celebrate Glenn Gould Prize at Toronto gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Elton John will be feted at the Glenn Gould Prize Gala in Toronto in May.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will include performances by an all-Canadian lineup, including Diana Krall, the Beaches, Ron Sexsmith and Jeremy Dutcher.<\/p>\n<p>The Glenn Gould Foundation announced a year ago that John would be the 15th Glenn Gould Laureate, an honour that comes with a $100,000 award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The biennial prize goes to an artist whose work demonstrates excellence and has been influential in their discipline or the broader culture.<\/p>\n<p>The laureate also chooses a prot\u00e9g\u00e9, who receives $25,000, and John&#8217;s is to be announced later this month.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH | The official music video for Tiny Dancer:<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony is set for May 9 at the Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on pre-sale Tuesday, and will be available to the general public on Thursday.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-525330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}