Steven Glaser

Area: Piano (Piano and Chamber Music)
Steven Glaser

Steven Glaser, Professor of Piano, performs frequently throughout the United States and abroad with solo recital appearances in Orchestra Hall, Chicago; Merkin Concert Hall, New York City; and recital tours of Israel, Europe, Taiwan and New Zealand. In 2006, he performed on recitals series in Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Cleveland, Columbus, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and New York City. Among the chamber ensembles he has performed with are the Alard String Quartet, Thouvenel String Quartet, Quadriga Piano Quartet, and the Con Fuoco Duo with clarinetist Robert Walzel. The Con Fuoco Duo released their first compact disc entitled Con Fuoco: Duets for Clarinet and Piano, and have concertized in Great Britain, Belgium, and toured Africa as part of the Artistic Ambassador Program of Arts America, a branch of the U.S. Information Agency.

Professor Glaser holds degrees from The University of Michigan and the Juilliard School, where he was a scholarship student of Nadia Reisenberg. He has garnered the top prize in numerous piano competitions including the prestigious New York Chopin International Competition, the Liederkranz Competition, and the Society of American Musicians Competition. In 2005-06, he was named Visiting Professor of Piano at the prestigious Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv University. Professor Glaser is also on the faculty of the Melton Center for Jewish Studies at OSU. Prior to coming to OSU, he served on the piano faculties at Texas Tech University, Penn State University, and C.W. Post College.