Daniel Adam Maltz Fortepiano American Tour | UWL Lowe Center for the Arts

What: Daniel Adam Maltz Fortepiano Lecture-Recital
When: November 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Annett Recital Hall, Truman T. Lowe Center for the Arts
Admission: Free and open to the public.
More Info: Contact the Department of Music at 608.785.8409

UWL Music will host Daniel Adam Maltz, a Vienna-based American fortepianist celebrated for his historically informed performances of Classical-era music, for a two-day residency and public concert from November 13-14, 2025. The visit is supported by an Eagle Visiting Scholar/Artist Grant and will include a public lecture-recital at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, in Annett Recital Hall, located in the Truman T. Lowe Center for the Arts.

Maltz performs on replicas of 18th-century Viennese fortepianos, offering audiences the rare chance to hear the works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven as they might have sounded in the composers’ own time. For this residency, he will bring his personal fortepiano to campus—an instrument not otherwise available in the region—making this a unique musical and educational opportunity for the UWL and La Crosse communities.

“Having Daniel Adam Maltz on campus connects our students and audiences directly with the sound world of the Classical period,” says Dr. Mary Tollefson, Associate Professor of Music and residency organizer. “His artistry and scholarship will be a unique opportunity for our student-musicians to interact with an international artist, and his visit will enrich the way we think about interpretation, sound, and musical meaning.”

In addition to his public concert, Maltz will lead a voice and piano collaboration masterclass, and a course lecture on Classical-era performance practice. His teaching focuses on how historical instruments and techniques illuminate the expressive intent behind Classical notation—an approach that blends musicology, cultural history, and performance.

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Maltz has performed across Europe, North America, and Asia, and is host of the podcast Mozart Snapshots, which explores performance traditions of the Classical era.

Entry to the lecture-recital on November 13 is free and open to the public. For more information, visit uwlax.edu/vpa.