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Eroica Trio
Saturday - January 21, 2006 - 8 p.m.
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The most sought-after trio in the world, the Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio
thrills audiences with their flawless technical virtuosity, irresistible enthusiasm and sensual
elegance. Whether playing the great standards of the piano trio repertoire or daring contemporary
works, the three young women who make up this celebrated ensemble electrify the concert stage
with their performances of depth and precision. The Trio won the prestigious 1991 Naumburg Award,
resulting in a highly successful Lincoln Center debut and has since toured the United States,
Europe, and Asia. While maintaining their demanding concert schedule, the Eroica has released
six critically-lauded recordings for Angel/EMI Classics Records, garnering multiple Grammy nominations.
Immediately following its acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in 1997, the Eroica Trio was offered an exclusive
five-record contract by Angel/EMI Classics Records, which was extended in 2002 to include three additional
recordings. The Trio's self-titled debut CD, which features works by Ravel, Benjamin Godard, a commissioned
arrangement of the Gershwin Preludes, and Paul Schoenfield's Café Music, was awarded NPR Performance Today's "Debut
Recording of the Year" and featured in Time Out New York's "Top Ten Recordings" of 1997. The ensemble's second disc,
"Dvorak/Shostakovich/Rachmaninoff" released in the fall of 1998, concentrates on the works of those composers, as well
as the Trio's own arrangement of Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, and was nominated for two Grammy Awards.
The New York Times noted: "Eroica's musicians have the muscle to be purely dramatic and emotional, but here they stand
out for subtler reasons: all three players are soloists who have a lot to say, and every note, no matter how light,
has some significance." The Eroica Trio's critically-acclaimed third recording, entitled "Baroque," was released in
November 1999 and spent the next nine months in the top 20 on Billboard's charts. "Baroque" includes works by Bach,
Vivaldi and the Eroica Trio's own arrangement of Albinoni's Adagio. The ensemble's next album, "Pasión, was released in
October 2000 and features Argentinean, Brazilian and Spanish composers, including Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos and Turina.
Their fifth album for Angel/EMI Classics Records, "Brahms Trios Nos. 1 & 2," was released in January 2002 to great
critical acclaim. The disc featured the composer's lullaby arranged for piano trio by Sara Sant'Ambrogio. The Trio's sixth
recording for Angel/EMI - "Beethoven's Triple Concerto Op. 56 and Piano Trio Op. 11" -- was recorded with the Prague Chamber
Orchestra and released in October 2003, just prior to a four-week coast-to-coast tour of the United States with that
celebrated ensemble, making their mark by catapulting this particular piece into Billboard's Top 20 for the first time
in recording history.
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