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Santa Fe, NM, October 5, 2022 – The Montrose Trio will appear with Performance Santa Fe on November 1 at the St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art. The Montrose Trio comprises pianist Jon Kimura Parker and two former members of the Tokyo String Quartet, violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith. Named after Chateau Montrose, a storied Bordeaux wine long favored after concerts, with a nod to the Montrose Arts District of Houston, the Montrose Trio has quickly established a reputation for performances of the highest distinction. The Washington Post raved about their “absolutely top-notch music-making, as fine as one could ever expect to hear…they are poised to become one of the top piano trios in the world.” Befitting the ensemble of three virtuosos, their program features Brahms’ masterpiece, his Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, written when the composer was at the height of his creative powers.
Details
Montrose Trio
Tuesday, November 1 | 7:30 p.m.
St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art
107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501
$45 – $95
To purchase tickets, visit www.performancesantafe.org or call (505) 984 8759
Program:
David Baker
Roots II
IV. Boogie Woogie
Joan Tower
Big Sky
Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Piano Trio in A Minor, op. 24
Johannes Brahms
Trio No. 2 in C Major, op. 87
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About Montrose Trio
Formed in 2013, the Montrose Trio is a collaboration stemming from a long and fruitful relationship between pianist Jon Kimura Parker and the Tokyo String Quartet. Mr. Parker was the quartet’s final guest pianist, and a backstage conversation with first violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith led to the Montrose Trio’s creation.
Named after Chateau Montrose, a storied Bordeaux wine long favored after concerts, with a nod to the Montrose Arts District of Houston and the street in Winnipeg where Mr. Beaver was raised, the Montrose Trio has quickly established a reputation for performances of the highest distinction. In 2015 the Washington Post raved about their “absolutely top-notch music-making, as fine as one could ever expect to hear…they are poised to become one of the top piano trios in the world.”
The Montrose Trio gave their debut performance for the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, with subsequent performances at Wolftrap, in Montreal, and at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. They have continued to perform in major series in cities including New York, Baltimore, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, La Jolla, Menlo, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, at the Hong Kong Chamber Music Festival, and throughout Italy. www.montrosetrio.com
Montrose Trio is exclusively represented by Opus 3 Artists.
About the Artists
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker performs with major North American orchestras on a regular basis, including recent concerto performances with the orchestras of New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. He also appears in Off the Score, an experimental group with legendary Police drummer Stewart Copeland. He is Artistic Director of the Honens International Piano Competition, Artistic Advisor of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, and Professor of Piano at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston.
Violinist Martin Beaver has appeared as soloist with the orchestras of San Francisco, Indianapolis, Montreal, Toronto, and in Belgium and Portugal. A top prizewinner at the international violin competitions of Indianapolis and Montreal, he studied with Danchenko, Gingold, and Szeryng. Mr. Beaver was a founding member of the Toronto String Quartet and Triskelion and was the first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet for eleven years. He is currently on faculty at the Colburn School in Los Angeles.
Cellist Clive Greensmith has performed as soloist with the London Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Mostly Mozart Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic, and the RAI orchestra in Rome. He has worked with distinguished musicians including András Schiff, Claude Frank, and Steven Isserlis, and won prizes in the Premio Stradivari held in Cremona, Italy. Mr. Greensmith was the cellist in the Tokyo String Quartet for fourteen years and is currently on faculty at the Colburn School in Los Angeles.
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