Con Fuoco Duo to perform at MSU Moorhead Sept. 19
The Con Fuoco Duo featuring Robert Walzel, clarinet and Steven Glaser, piano, will perform in concert Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in MSU Moorhead’s Fox Recital Hall, Roland Dille Center for the Arts.
Con Fuoco, translated from Italian, means “with fire.” It was during their first rehearsal that Bob and Steve realized that “Con Fuoco” perfectly described the chemistry engendered when playing together. Since 1989, the Con Fuoco Duo has performed regularly, including concerts in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, the Baltics, Mexico, West Africa, and the United States. The Duo has toured as Artistic Ambassadors for the United States Information Agency, previously the cultural branch of the U.S. Department of State. They have released two commercial compact discs, Con Fuoco: Duos for Clarinet and Piano, featuring the works of Weiner, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Reinecke, and Ireland, and Wild and Exotic Dances, featuring the music of James Scott Balentine.
Professor of Music at the University of Kansas, Robert Walzel previously served as the founding dean of the KU School of Music from 2010-22. Performing extensively in essentially all mediums featuring clarinet and saxophone, he is hailed by critics as a “remarkable clarinet virtuoso” possessing “great finesse” and “effortless technique.” Walzel has performed in 30 countries and presented master classes and lectures at several of the world’s leading music schools.
Steven Michael Glaser has performed widely in the United States, including acclaimed debut recitals in Orchestra Hall (Chicago) on the prestigious Allied Arts Series, Merkin Concert Hall (New York City), and abroad in Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, New Zealand and East Asia. A graduate of the Juilliard School and the University of Michigan, Glaser is a professor of piano at The Ohio State University School of Music and is a member of the Melton Center for Jewish Studies at Ohio State.
Their concert will feature works by Leonard Bernstein, Jessie Montgomery, Ennio Morricone and more.
Tickets, $10, are available at mnstate.edu/tickets.
MSUM is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible event. If you need reasonable accommodation to attend this event, please contact Chuck Eade at least two weeks before the event at Charles.Eade@mnstate.edu. You will be contacted individually to discuss your request.