25 May 2019
Trio con Brio Copenhagen is marking its 20th anniversary by recording the complete Beethoven piano trios. Andrew Mellor attends a session for the group’s third volume, including the monumental “Archduke”….
The Strad session report
(Photo Nikolaj Lund)
01 Jan 2019
Happy New Year!
Our 20th Anniversary Year 2019 starts off with intense recording sessions and tours to Germany, Denmark and USA. See you all soon!
Jan. 7-11: Recording of Beethoven vol. 3 for Orchid Classics and filming of Beethoven Zoom for DR P2 at DR Koncerthuset
Jan. 13: Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin
Jan. 15: Natmanden, Copenhagen
Jan. 19: Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Jan. 20: Fredericia Musikforening
Jan. 23: Konzertverein Ingolstadt
Jan. 24: Kulturgemeinde Weinheim
Jan. 25: Dachauer Schlosskonzerte
Feb. 3: Mogens Dahl Koncertsal, Copenhagen
Feb. 10: Rapid City, SD
Feb. 12: Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek, CO
Feb. 15: Grand Concerts, Tabernash/Winter Park, CO
Feb. 17: Kohl Mansion, San Francisco, CA
Feb. 18: Dallas Chamber Music Society, TX
Feb. 19: Chamber Music Houston, TX
Feb. 22: Augusta University Maxwell Theatre, GA
Feb. 28: Ensemble in Residence with Odense Symphony Orchestra in Odense Koncerthuset
(Photo Nikolaj Lund)
20 Dec 2018
Choc Classica
Helsingin Sanomat
(Photo Nikolaj Lund)
07 Dec 2018
Jens Elvekjaer, pianist of the Trio con Brio Copenhagen, offers six tips to aspiring competitors
Competitions are an art in themselves. When I started out, both as a soloist and then with the Trio con Brio Copenhagen I, like so many young musicians, was a serial contestant – luckily we had a lot of success and after a while we started winning more and more, eventually winning all of the major competitions for piano trio. And these days I’m often back in the scene, only now as a judge. So I feel that I know as much – or as little! – as anybody about how to approach them…
(photo Soeren Svendsen)