Claremont Trio

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Claremont Trio
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genre(s) Classical
Years active 1999—present
Website http://claremonttrio.com/
Members
Emily Bruskin, Julia Bruskin, Donna Kwong

Claremont Trio is a piano trio composed of Juilliard School alumnae Emily Bruskin (violin), Julia Bruskin (cello), and Donna Kwong (piano). The group was founded at Juilliard in 1999, and made its performance debut at the 92nd Street Y, on the Upper East Side.[1] The trio has won several competitions and prizes, including the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions (2001).[2][1] It has performed at the Kennedy Center, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Mostly Mozart and Bard Music festivals.[3][1]

[edit] Discography and Repertoire

[edit] Discography

[edit] Repertoire

  • Beethoven
    • "Trio in E-flat Major, Op.1 No. 1"
    • "Trio in E-flat Major Op. 1 No. 2"
    • "Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3"
    • "Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11"
    • "Trio in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost""
    • "Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2"
    • "Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke""
    • "Trio in B-flat Major, WoO 39"
    • "Kakadu" Variations, Op. 121a
    • "Variations on an Original Theme in E Flat, Op. 44"
  • Piano Trio on Irish Folk Tunes, Frank Martin
  • Trio in d minor, Opus 63, Schumann[6]
  • Cafe Music, Paul Schoenfield[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c (2007). Award-winning Claremont Trio to perform Nov. 16. Retrieved January 12, 2008, from http://www.middlebury.edu/about/pubaff/news_releases/2007/pubaff_633295922114512412.htm
  2. ^ (2007). Claremont Trio Bio. Retrieved January 12, 2008, from http://www.iwwf.org/claremont.php
  3. ^ a b Claremont Trio. Retrieved January 12, 2008, from http://www.yca.org/claremont.html
  4. ^ Amazon.com. (2008). Amazon.com: Mendelssohn: Trios Op. 49 & 66: Music: Felix Mendelssohn,Claremont Trio. Retrieved January 12, 2008, from http://www.amazon.com/Mendelssohn-Trios-Op-49-66/dp/B0006L2J84/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1200162752&sr=8-2
  5. ^ Amazon.com (2008). Amazon.com: Shostakovich & Arensky Trios: Music: Claremont Trio,Anton Arensky (1861-1906); Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975),Piano Trio. Retrieved January 12, 2008, from http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Arensky-Trios-Claremont-Trio/dp/B000MN6KR2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1200162752&sr=8-1
  6. ^ Clare, John. (2007). Five Things about the Claremont Trio. Retrieved January 12, 2008, from http://classicallyhip.blogspot.com/2007/09/five-things-about-claremont-trio.html

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