presents
Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Saturday, February 10, 2007, at 8:00 p.m.
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| Program | ||
|---|---|---|
| W. A. Mozart | – | Piano Trio No. 5 in C-Major, K 548 |
| L. van Beethoven | – | Kakadu Variations, Op. 121a |
| J. Brahms | – | Piano Trio Nr. 1 in B-Major, Op. 8b (Ver. 1889) |
More on the artists, post-concert reception, location, ordering tickets, and post-concert dinner below.
This program is partially supported by the University of Chicago and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Since its “official“ debut during the Salzburg Mozart Week (January 1994), the Altenberg Trio Wien – one of the few full-time piano trios in the world of chamber music – has in over 900 performances earned the reputation of one of the most daring and consistent ensembles in this category.
The Altenberg Trio enjoys a splendid reputation among international chamber music ensembles. They have bee enthusiastically received in the United States, Canada, and such European countries as Denmark, France, Switzerland, Holland, the Czech Republic (Prague Spring Festival), and Italy, as well as their native Austria. Their repertory comprises – in addition to a large number of works from directly related fields (piano quartets & quintets, duos, triple concertos, vocal chamber music) – no less than 250 piano trios, among them numerous pieces that were composed for and premiered by the Altenberg Trio.
At the time it was formed, the ensemble became trio-in-residence of Vienna Gesellschaft der Muzikfreunde, the renowned Musikverein, where they perform an annual series of concerts in the Brahms Saal. They are also the trio-in-residence of the Vienna Conservatory, where they give masterclasses and seminars for chamber music majors. In addition, the Altenberg Trio performs regularly at the International Brahms Festival at Muerzzuschlag in Austria, whose whose artistic director is Claus-Christian Schuster, and the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo (Piedmont), where the trio offers monthly master classes for young ensembles.
The players – Claus-Christian Schuster, Alexander Gebert, and Amiram Ganz – have impressive individual reputations in chamber music circles and take great pride in remaining faithful to the style and tradition of the “Viennese sound“ so often admired in reviews. They chose their name in honor of the revered Viennese poet Peter Altenberg, who was a contemporary and compatriot of several renowned Viennese artists at the turn of the century: Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Gustav Mahler, Egon Schiele, Oscar Kokoschka, and Gustav Klimt.
The Altenberg Trio has 10 recordings on the Vanguard Classics label, ranging in repertoire from German and French classics to American music. At the conferral of the Robert Schumann Award of the City of Zwickau in 1999, the Altenberg Trio succeeded in continuing the “Austrian“ tradition of this award (winner 1997: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, winner 2002: Alfred Brendel); the immediate reason for its success was the recording of all Schumann piano trios which had just been released. The Altenberg Trio´s subsequent recording (Ives/Copland/Bernstein) in April 2000 already won the Edison Award in Amsterdam.
Amiram Ganz plays a violin by Goffredo Cappa (Saluzzo 1686), Alexander Gebert a cello by Frank Ravatin (Vannes 2005).
More information on the artist can be found here.
The audience is invited to join the artists at a reception following the performance.
The concert will be presented in the Auditorium of the APS Conference Center (Bldg. 402) at Argonne.
The concert is open to the public.
Photo ID is required to enter the laboratory site.
Visitors need to register prior to the event
by calling 630-252-3751 during regular working hours.
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Admission to the concert is $25.
Call 630-252-3751 to order your tickets now,
VISA and MasterCard accepted;
or use the
ticket request form
to order your tickets by mail.
Remaining tickets will be sold in the lobby of the Argonne Cafeteria (Bldg. 213) between noon and 1:00 p.m. during the week immediately preceding the concert.
The Auditorium Box Office will open one-half hour before the performance.
A special prix fixe dinner
prepared by Chef Chris Kaminsky will be served in the
Argonne Guest House.
Dinner hours from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Reservations requested (630-739-6000).