Posted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, April 2, 2007
Chamber music season ends with Trio con Brio April 16
News Release
The Honolulu Chamber Music Series (HCMS) will present its final concert of the season, the Trio con Brio Copenhagen, at 7:30 p.m. April 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Orvis Auditorium on the grounds of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa campus. HCMS will host a free, informal discussion with the artists prior to the concert, at 6:30 p.m. in the UH Music Bldg., Rm. 36.Trio con Brio Copenhagen was formed in Vienna in 1999, by Korean sisters Soo-Jin Hong (violist) and Soo-Kyung Hong (cellist) and Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaerin. The trio drew world-wide attention via its sensational success at Germany's prestigious ARD-competition in Munich in 2002, securing its place as one of the most exciting young piano trios performing today. Critics especially praise the trio for their "sparkling joy of life," "magic dialogue" and virtuoso technique.
In September 2005 Trio con Brio Copenhagen received the prestigious Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award (KLRITA) in the United States. The award included a CD recording and an extensive North American tour in 2006-07. During the 2006-2007 season the trio has also toured in Germany, Holland, England, Norway and Sweden and will also perform with the Korean Prime Philharmonic Orchestra in Seoul Arts Center and Gunpo Culture Center.
Trio con Brio Copenhagen's Honolulu programs:
- Hayden, Trio in C Major, Hob. XV: 27
- Shostakovich, Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 67 in E minor
- Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Single tickets are $35 ($20 students and Honolulu Symphony musicians). They are available at www.etickethawaii.com, by phone at 483-7123 (Aloha Stadium charge line) or at any UH Ticket Outlet (University of Hawai'i-Manoa Campus Center, Rainbowtique, Windward Community College OCET Office, Stan Sheriff Center). Service charges apply. Tickets may also be purchased (if available) at the Orvis Auditorium Box Office before each concert beginning one hour before curtain.
