{"id":12051,"date":"2014-04-28T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=12051"},"modified":"2014-05-05T15:35:54","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:35:54","slug":"claremont-trio-live-at-ford-center-saturday-february-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/claremont-trio-live-at-ford-center-saturday-february-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Claremont Trio Live at Ford Center on May 3rd (rescheduled from February 15th)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claremont Trio:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Emily Bruskin<\/strong>, violin<\/span><\/p>\n

Julia Bruskin<\/strong>, cello<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrea Lam<\/strong>, piano<\/span><\/p>\n

\"ClaremontTrio\"<\/a>Lauded as \u201cone of America\u2019s finest young chamber groups\u201d Strad Magazine<\/i>, the Claremont Trio<\/strong> is sought after for their thrillingly virtuosic and richly communicative performances. First winners of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award and the only piano trio ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Claremonts are consistently lauded for their “aesthetic maturity, interpretive depth, and exuberance” (Palm Beach Daily News<\/i>).<\/span><\/p>\n

During the 2012-13 season the Claremont Trio returns to prestigious venues including Chamber Music Cincinatti, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, Duke Performances, the Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem, and New York\u2019s Lincoln Center, where they will collaborate again with Rob Kapilow in his \u201cWhat Makes It Great\u201d series. \u00a0They conclude their series in honor of the opening of Calderwood Hall at Boston\u2019s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, pairing three world premiere commissions by Sean Shepherd, Helen Grime and Gabriela Lena Frank with a survey of trios by Mozart and Mendelssohn. \u00a0They will also perform these new commissioned works at Brooklyn\u2019s exciting club venue, Roulette, and will perform at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. \u00a0Summer festival appearances this year include the Austin Chamber Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Monadnock Music, the Honest Brook Chamber Music Festival and a return to the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Detroit as part of its 20th anniversary season. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bridge Records released the Claremont Trio\u2019s newest recording of the Beethoven \u201cTriple\u201d Concerto with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and Beethoven\u2019s Trio Op. 1 No. 1 this winter to critical acclaim. \u00a0Of the Claremonts\u2019 previous CD of Trios by Beethoven & Ravel, one reviewer raved \u201cThese are some of the most impassioned, moving, and notable readings of these favorites that I have ever heard, bar none. \u00a0I am especially picky about the Beethoven, one of my favorites and to this point best projected by the legendary Istomin-Stern-Rose Trio, but the Claremont has their measure fully, and this is something I never thought I would say\u201d (Audiophile Audition<\/i>). \u00a0The Trio eagerly anticipates the upcoming release of another recording featuring trios by New York composer Robert Paterson, including his monumental \u201cSun Trio\u201d and a new trio written for the Claremonts. Their prolific discography also includes \u201cMendelssohn Trios,\u201d a Russian disc of Shostakovich and Arensky, and \u201cAmerican Trios\u201d with works by Leon Kirchner, Ellen Zwilich, Paul Schoenfield, and Mason Bates. \u00a0Their collaborative disc with clarinetist Jonathan Cohler encompassing works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Dohnanyi garnered a glowing review in Fanfare<\/i> magazine and received a Critic\u2019s CHOICE award from BBC Magazine<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"ClaremontAbove\"<\/a>The Claremont Trio\u2019s recent seasons included engagements at the Kennedy Center, Boston\u2019s Celebrity Series, Friends of Chamber Music-Denver, the Sanibel Music Festival, Chicago\u2019s Dame Myra Hess Series, Pasadena\u2019s Coleman Chamber Music Association, Johns Hopkins University, the JCC of Greater Washington, the Austin Chamber Music Festival, St. Paul\u2019s Music in the Park, Stanford Lively Arts, Kansas City Friends of Chamber Music, Dayton\u2019s Vanguard Concerts, and Jacksonville\u2019s Riverside Fine Arts Association, along with the Chamber Music Societies of Phoenix, Dallas, Sedona, San Antonio, Buffalo, Bethlehem (PA), and Logan (UT), and the Universities of Washington, Wisconsin, and Missouri. \u00a0The Trio was recently ensemble in residence at the Laguna Beach Live Festival and at the National Conference of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. The Claremonts continue to maintain a strong New York presence with frequent performances at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Columbia University\u2019s Miller Theatre, Music Mondays and Symphony Space as well as the downtown venues of Joe\u2019s Pub and Le Poisson Rouge. They also appear regularly at festivals such as Ravinia, Saratoga, Mostly Mozart, Caramoor, Rockport, Bard, and Norfolk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Believing that education on all levels is essential to the future of classical music, the Claremont Trio is extensively involved in teaching the next generation of musicians and music lovers. This year they continue their visiting residency at Longwood University, Hampden Sydney College, and Lynchburg College as the Central Virginia Ensemble-in-Residence. \u00a0Sought after for their effectiveness in the classroom as well as on the concert stage, the Trio frequently conducts residencies, master classes, and educational outreach activities. \u00a0They have conducted master classes at the Eastman School of Music, Columbia University, Duke University, Peabody Conservatory\u2019s Preparatory Division, Boston Conservatory, Purchase College at SUNY, Middlebury College, the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, Longy School of Music, the University of Washington, Kansas State University, and Gettysburg College’s Sunderman Conservatory.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Claremont<\/a>Deeply committed to expanding the trio repertoire, the Trio works actively with composers on new works. They have commissioned new trios by Nico Muhly, Gabriela Lena Frank, Mason Bates, Sean Shepherd, Helen Grime, Judd Greenstein, Donald Crockett, Robert Paterson, Paul Chihara, Sharon Farber, Howard Frazin, Daniel Kellogg, and Hillary Zipper, and have an ongoing collaboration with innovative composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group frequently performs the Beethoven Triple Concerto with orchestras such as the Nashville Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Pacific Symphony, and Utah Symphony. \u00a0They have collaborated with Peter Martins, director of the New York City Ballet, on a ballet based on Paul Schoenfield’s “Cafe Music,\u201d and have also been privileged to perform with many distinguished guest artists including Toby Appel, Beth Guterman, Joseph Kalichstein, Martha Katz, Jaime Laredo, Ida Kavafian, Robert McDonald, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Sharon Robinson, and Richard Young.<\/span><\/p>\n

Featured often on Japanese and American television, the Claremont Trio is also heard on radio stations throughout the U.S. and abroad, including Australia\u2019s ABC, New York\u2019s WQXR, Boston\u2019s WGBH, Chicago\u2019s WFMT, Austin\u2019s KPAC, Salt Lake City\u2019s KBYU, and Columbia University\u2019s WKCR.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Claremont Trio was formed in 1999 at the Juilliard School. \u00a0Twin sisters Emily Bruskin (violin) and Julia Bruskin (cello) grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and they both play old French instruments. \u00a0Emily’s violin is a Lupot from 1795; Julia’s cello is a J.B. Vuillaume from 1849. \u00a0Andrea Lam (piano) grew up in Sydney, Australia. \u00a0The Claremonts are all now based in New York City near their namesake: Claremont Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about the Claremont Trio, please visit www.claremonttrio.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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