The Con Fuoco Duo — University of Kansas School of Music faculty artist Robert Walzel, clarinet; and Ohio State professor of piano, Steven Glaser — present "Classical Meets Jazz," including works by Leonard Bernstein, Simon Sargon, Steven Harlos, Richard Rodney Bennett and Jessie Montgomery. This performance will be a preview of concerts the duo will give in the U.S. and Italy this year.
This event is free and open to the public. No ticket required.
Access the digital concert program before, during or after the performance. No paper programs will be distributed.
The Con Fuoco Duo chose its name from the Italian musical term con fuoco, meaning “with fire” or “burning emotion.” It is an apt description of the musical passion that each of the pair brings to his art — whether flying through passages of great technical difficulty or probing the depths of languid, introspective ones.
The current season is the 30th anniversary of the duo. Its founding (and still current) members, clarinetist Robert Walzel and pianist Steven Glaser, met as members of the music faculty at Texas Tech University. They quickly discovered each other as compatible musical colleagues and ski bums, and have maintained the duo and their friendship since, although both have long since left the Texas Panhandle. Walzel is the former dean of music at the University of Kansas; Glaser is professor of piano at The Ohio State University.
The Con Fuoco Duo has performed throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, and in Africa as Artistic Ambassadors for the U.S. State Department. They received rave reviews for their first compact disc, Con Fuoco — Duos for Clarinet and Piano, and their second CD features the music of James Scott Balentine. This season will feature concerts in the United States and Italy.
All events are subject to change.
GETTING HERE
Park in the Ohio Union South Garage (open to visitors 24/7), walk north along College Rd. to enter the south doors of the Timashev Music Building.
The Timashev Recital Hall is located on the ground floor, at the far north end of the building.