For the past 15 years Mendelssohn Piano Trio has been thrilling audiences in the US and abroad, performing with that rare combination of powerful individual talent and tight-knit collaboration that is the hallmark of a truly exceptional chamber music ensemble. The Mendelssohn Piano Trio's extensive repertoire embraces works from all periods of the genre's history. Ensemble members are superb soloists in their own right, having enjoyed diversified musical careers that transcend international boundaries and range from solo appearances with various orchestras to chamber music collaborations with such artists as Earl Carlyss, Ann Schein, Ronald Leonard, Igor Zhukov, Natalia Gutman, as well as many other musicians of the international stature.
Currently Ensemble-in-Residence for Washington DC's Embassy Series, Messiah College as well as "Chamber Music in Grantham" summer festival, the Mendelssohn Piano Trio is one of the most exciting ensembles on the national and international music scene. Pianist, Ya-Ting Chang is from Taiwan; violinist, Peter Sirotin is from Russia; and cellist, Fiona Thompson is from England. The Washington Post has described the group's Brahms cycle of piano trios and piano quartets presented by the Embassy Series as "unfathomably beautiful", "transcendent" and "electrifying". The group has also presented a cycle of complete Beethoven piano trios in Portugal and Washington DC to critical acclaim. The trio has recently signed a five-year contract with Centaur Records Inc. to record a cycle of complete Haydn Piano Trios. The American Record Guide, Fanfare Magazine and others have praised the trio's many recordings released on Centaur Records. Numerous classical music stations in the United States have also featured these recordings as well as CDs that the group recorded abroad. The trio's performance at the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan was recorded for the Taiwanese classical music TV channel and their concert at the National Gallery of Arts was broadcasted on NPR's "Performance Today" program. |
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by Mendelssohn Trio since Dec. 1999 Last Update: January 17, 2012 |