Trio Wanderer

Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 3pm 

Suggested donation: $15 adults, $10 students and seniors, free for ages 13 and under

No reservations required.

“They have a near-telepathic musical sensibility. What so impresses about this group is its command of the emotional panorama of the music. In short, an awe-inspiring evening.” The Strad (UK)

Trio Wanderer quite deserves its stage-name. Indeed, “Wanderer” pays homage to Schubert, and more widely to German Romanticism which is often imbued with the leitmotiv of the wandering traveler. These three French musicians are avid, open-minded, wandering travelers who explore the musical world, spanning the centuries from Mozart and Haydn to the present. Acclaimed for their extraordinarily sensitive style, almost telepathic understanding of each other and technical mastery, Trio Wanderer is one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles.

Trio Wanderer’s members all graduated from the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. In 1989/90, they studied at the Jacobs School of Music: Indiana University Bloomington and at The Juilliard School in New York.  During this period, they participated in masterclasses with such masters as Jean-Claude Pennetier, Jean Hubeau, Janos Starker, Menahem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio, and the Amadeus Quartet. In 1988, the Trio won the ARD Competition in Munich and, in 1990, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in the USA.

Called a “Wandering Star” by the Strad Magazine, the Trio has performed on the most prestigious music stages: Berlin’s Philharmonic, Paris’s Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Wiener Musikverein in Vienna, London’s Wigmore Hall, Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Sydney Opera, Barcelona’s Palau de la Musica, München Herkulessaal of Munich, Sala Sao Paulo, the Beijing Opera, the Seoul Art Center, The Great Hall of the Moscow Tchaïkovsky Conservatory, Washington’s Library of Congress, Rio de Janeiro’s Teatro Municipal, Montreal’s Place des Arts, the Brussels Center for Fine Arts (Bruxelles Palais des Beaux-Arts), Tokyo’s Kioi Hall, Zürich’s Tonhalle, and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. They have also performed at major festivals such as Edinburgh, Bergen, Bath, Montreux, Feldkirch Schubertiades, Schleswig Holstein, Rheingau Musiksommmer, Colmar, La Roque d’Anthéron, the Folles Journées de Nantes, Granada, Stresa, Osaka, Salzburg, and more.

Program

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 -18 47)
Trio opus 49 for piano violin and violoncello
1. Molto allegro agitato
2. Andante con moto tranquillo
3. Scherzo – Leggiero e vivace
4. Finale – Allegro assai appassionato

Lili Boulanger (1893 -1918)
D’un Soir Triste for piano violin and violoncello – Lent, grave
D’un Matin de Printemps for piano violin and violoncello – Assez animé

Intermission
 
Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937)
Trio for piano violin and violoncello
1. Modéré
2. Pantoum – Assez vite
3. Passacaille – Très large
4. Final – Animé