Trio Con Brio Copenhagen

Among the leading young Scandinavian chamber ensembles, Trio con Brio Copenhagen first drew attention with a sensational performance that took the highest prize at Germany's prestigious ARD-Munich Competition in 2002.

Performance:

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
1100 Carter Creek Parkway
Bryan, Texas 77802

Biography:

Trio con Brio Copenhagen-the Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer and the Korean sisters Soo-Jin Hong and Soo-Kyung Hong-was the recipient of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award in 2005. This biennial award, one of the most coveted in the world of chamber music, honors in perpetuity the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio by encouraging and enhancing the career of an extraordinarily accomplished "rising" piano trio. The prize included appearances on twenty major concert series across the USA.

The American Record Guide wrote: "One of the greatest performances of chamber music I've ever encountered…What stands out from this ensemble is the range of tone and sound…They command an amazing range of timbres. Melodies sing with an aching sweetness, or seduce with wild eroticism, or haunt with impenetrable mystery." And Gramophone Magazine wrote: "it's easy to see what so impressed the judges …[the] performances can compete with the best available…airtight ensemble…a superb, greatly gifted chamber group."

Among the leading young Scandinavian chamber ensembles, Trio con Brio Copenhagen first drew attention with a sensational performance that took the highest prize at Germany's prestigious ARD-Munich Competition in 2002. Since then, they won first prize in several more competitions: Italy's Premio Vittorio Gui (Florence), Norway's Trondheim Chamber Music Competition, and the Danish Radio Competition. They also won the "Allianz Prize" for Best Ensemble in Germany's Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and second prize in the Vienna Haydn Competition and the Premio Trio di Trieste (Italy, 2002). Critics have praised the trio for their "sparkling joie de vivre" and "magic dialogue;" a review of their performance at the Salzburg Mozarteum said, "they cast a spell over their audience…so alive, so musical…ravishing."

Highlights of the trio's 2010-11 activities include the World Premiere of Swedish composer Sven-David Sandströms Triple Concerto with the Danish National Orchestra, a tour of China including Beijing and Shanghai; a performance at the Seoul Chamber Music Festival, and tours of Germany, Italy and the USA.

Recent tours have brought them to such major venues across the globe as Carnegie Hall (New York City), the Library of Congress (Washington, DC), the Newport Music Festival, Tivoli Concert Hall (Copenhagen), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Mozart-Saal (Vienna), Herkulessaal (Munich), Beethoven-Haus (Bonn), the Musikhalle (Hamburg), the Mozarteum (Salzburg), the Seoul and Sejong Arts Centers (Korea), Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo), Teatro Olimpico (Vicenza, Italy), the Båstad Chamber Music Festival (Sweden), and the Bergen and Trondheim Chamber Music Festivals (Norway).

Trio con Brio Copenhagen has broadcast on Performance Today, the BBC, Korean Broadcasting Systems, Norwegian Radio, Swedish Radio, Radiotelevisione Italiana, and the four major German networks.

More Information:

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