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This trio was established around 1987 and was made up of
members that were childhood friends and trained at the Juilliard
School, They named themselves
after Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. In 1991 they won the Naumberg Award which led to their Lincoln
Center debut. They have become acclaimed for
their performances and have appeared with many of the world's major
orchestras including the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the Haydn Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Symphony. They were the official
representative for Carnegie Hall in 1997 and in November 2001 they had
their commissioned triple concerto, by the composer Kevin Kaska, premiered by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Their recordings have been extremely successful and have received many
Grammy Award nominations as well as winning the NPR's Performance Today "Debut
Recording of the Year" Award for Eroica Trio.
Members
Violin - Adela Pena (left
2006)
Violin - Susie Park (joined 2006)
Cello - Sara Sant'Ambrogio
Piano - Erica Nickrenz
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni recordings
Adagio in G minor
EMI 57906 (CD:
The Best of the Eroica Trio)
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroica_Trio
- http://www.eroicatrio.com/
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