The Trio con Brio of Copenhagen
10 February 2008
2:30 pm


Haydn. Trio Hob. XV:29
Shostakovich. Trio No. 2
Bent Sorensen. Phantasmagoria
Ravel. Trio


L-R: Soo-Kyung Hong, cello; Jens Elvekjaer, piano;
Soo-Jin Hong, violin

Winners of the second Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award (KLRITA) in 2005, Trio con Brio Copenhagen has proven itself to be “an accomplished, extraordinary promising young and rising piano trio” which is a specific requirement of the Award. The three young artists have claimed firsts in the most prestigious international competitions: Premio Vittoria Gui Firenze, Tronheim Chamber Music Competition, Danish Radio hCompetition Copenhagen, and “Allianz-Preis” given for the best ensemble in Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The KLRITA is given to honor the extraordinary contributions to chamber music by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and is funded, in part, by CMSU and 19 other chamber music presentors nationwide. The Trio’s first CD (Ravel, Block, Dvorak) is on the Azica label.