Morgenstern Trio
The Morgenstern Trio (named after the poet Christian Morgenstern ) is a German piano trio that was founded in 2005 at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. The repertoire ranges from Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel and Shostakovich to contemporary composers (Bloch, Widmann, Komanetzky). The Morgenstern Trio was “Ensemble in Residence” at the Folkwang University for 2008 and 2009.
history
In 2006 the trio won a scholarship from the German Music Competition . Two years after its founding, the trio received three internationally important prizes: the special prize for the best Haydn interpretation at the Haydn Competition in Vienna in spring 2007, the 2nd prize at the 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and the 2nd prize including the audience award at ARD competition in Munich. The three musicians played in the concert series Best of NRW , organized by the “Werner Richard-Dr. Carl Dörken-Stiftung ”was brought into being together with the WDR and the Kunststiftung NRW . Guest performances have taken the ensemble to festivals such as the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades , the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland. Recordings of the trio were u. a. to be heard in: BR, SWR, HR, ORF, ABC Classic / Australia.
For the 2009/2010 season, the Morgenstern Trio was selected for the Rising Stars series of the ECHO ( European Concert Hall Organization ) at the suggestion of the Cologne Philharmonic and the Konzerthaus Hamburg . In this context, the three musicians will appear in the most important concert halls in Europe. Also in 2009 the trio received the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award. The award includes several concerts in the most important concert halls in the USA (such as Carnegie Hall ) and studio recordings for a CD production until 2012 .
Musical influences
The Morgenstern Trio is part of the artistic environment of Vladimir Mendelssohn, Menahem Pressler , Vesselin Paraschkevov and Dirk Mommertz . It also received impulses from postgraduate studies at the Alban Berg Quartet in Cologne and from the ECMA (European Chamber Music Academy).
Members
- Catherine Klipfel, piano
- Stefan Hempel, violin (until 2009: Nina Reddig)
- Emanuel Wehse, violoncello
Discography
2016: Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major op.100 (D 929) | Robert Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63
2015: Tailleferre - Piano Trio | Fontyn - piano trio | Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor
2014: Kempen Monastery Concerts 2014 with Franz Schubert - Piano Trio in E flat major op. 100 D929 | Robert Schumann - Piano Trio in D minor op.63
2011: Bedrich Smetana - Trio in G minor | Dmitri Shostakovich - Trio No. 1 | Leonard Bernstein - Trio for Violin, Violoncello and Piano
2009: Beethoven - Trio for piano, violin and violoncello No. 5 D major | Brahms - Trio for piano, violin and violoncello No. 2 C major
Web links
- Website of the Morgenstern Trio
- Folkwang University / Folkwang University of the Arts website
- Video portrait of the Morgenstern trio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QftES6zSjw
- The Morgenstern Trio at SWR2: https://www.swr.de/swr2/kultur-info/musik-morgenstern-trio-emanuel-wehse/-/id=9597116/did=19967308/nid=9597116/1qo4vj6/index. html
Remarks
- ^ University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna : Prize winners of the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition since 2001
- ↑ http://www.chambermusicaustralia.com.au/
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
