Glazer piano concert marks 1949 Carnegie Hall debut
At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 94-year-old pianist Frank Glazer reprises the program that he played in his Carnegie Hall debut, 60 years ago to the day. The concert takes place at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
It is open to the public at no cost, but tickets are required. For more information, please contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
An artist in residence at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ since 1980, Glazer is a musician of international renown, still vital and active after decades of touring, composing, recording and teaching. The program that he revisits on March 4 spans four centuries, from the seldom-heard Chaconne in G major by 18th-century composer George Frideric Handel to a set of variations by Glazer’s near-contemporary Aaron Copland.
Glazer, of Topsham, has enjoyed a career distinguished by numerous recordings, a television program in the 1950s and countless solo recitals and performances with orchestras and chamber ensembles, including the New England Piano Quartette, of which he was a founder.
He taught at the Eastman School of Music for 15 years before coming to Maine in 1980. With his wife, the late Ruth Glazer, he founded the long-running Saco River Festival in Cornish.
