- Beaux Arts Trio
The Beaux Arts Trio was a noted
piano trio . They made their debut onJuly 13 ,1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival, known today as theTanglewood Music Center . Their final American concert was played at Tanglewood onAugust 21 ,2008 . It was webcasted live and archived onNPR Music . Their final concert of all was inLucerne , Switzerland onSeptember 6 2008 .The Beaux Arts Trio recorded all of the standard piano trio repertoire. In 2005, the trio celebrated its 50th anniversary with two special CD issues, one featuring their most popular releases through their long years of recording (released by Philips records), and the other an anniversary collection of new music (released by Warner records). Throughout its long existence, the trio was held together by the founding member, pianist
Menahem Pressler . The original members of the trio when it was founded in 1955 were:*
Piano :Menahem Pressler
*Violin :Daniel Guilet
*Cello :Bernard Greenhouse It changed this line up on a number of occasions, with later members including:
*Violin:
Isidore Cohen (1968~),Ida Kavafian (1992~),Yung Uck Kim (1998~), Daniel Hope (2002~)
*Cello:Peter Wiley (1987~),Antonio Meneses (1998~)References
[http://www.beauxartstrio.org Beaux Arts Trio website]
[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16038598 Beaux Arts Trio concerts and interviews on NPR Music]
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