Adam Glasser

Perfomer:
South  African  harmonica player, pianist and educator Adam Glasser is a first call  session  chromatic harmonica player and international reknown performer

• Pop performances include: Sting,  Eurythmics, Incognito

• Jazz performances include Hugh Masekela ( pno) Abdullah Ibrahim ( harmonica)

• Major film sessions include: WPC 56 ( BBC TV Series), Hard Rain ( with Toots Thielemans), Chinese Coffee ( Howard Shore)  

•  Orchestral performances: include WNO (Kurtag’s ‘Quasi Una Fantasia’ ),  London Symphony Orchestra,  Royal Northern Sinfonia (John Barry film music). Theatre productions include Midsummer Night’s Dream( Shakespeare’s Globe ) and His Girl Friday, Scenes from the Big Picture  (National Theatre). Orchestral tour  live screenings of the ‘Italian Job’

• Own albums:   'Free at First' (2010 South African Musica Award Best Modern Jazz Album) and 'Mzansi' (nominated  2012 SAMA Best Jazz Album). 
• NEW ALBUM released by Gallo Music South African August 2024
                         Adam Glasser: SA & Beyond  on all streaming platforms worldwide.

Educator:  
• numerous master classes  for Harmonica UK ( Adam is a Patron)
• harmonica workshops world wide and online
• performed and lectured  at the World Harmonica Festival in Trossingen 
• taught  on the Aldeburgh Young Musicians Course at Snape Maltings
• produced the Rye Lane Harmonica Project for Southwark Council.
• Jazz Piano/Harmonica/ Ensemble Tutor   Kingsdale Secondary School, South London