The members of the Romanian Piano Trio are the exponents of a new trend among young Romanians with studies abroad - the choice to pursue a blooming career in their native country, thus bringing home the knowledge and the experience they acquired overseas.
Pianist Horia Mihail comes back in Romania as concert soloist of the Brasov Philharmonic after holding the position of Associate Professor at the Boston University between 1999 and 2002; violinist Alexandru Tomescu is presently the concert soloist of the Romanian State Radio Orchestra after extensive studies in Switzerland with Tibor Varga and in Dallas, Texas with Eduard Schmieder. Razvan Suma, holder of a Masters Degree at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is enjoying a remarkable career as soloist throughout the world. Being already very experienced as chamber musicians, the three artists decided to establish a permanent trio. Besides their passion for this musical genre the idea that unites the three musicians is the challenge of presenting a vast repertory, largely unexplored, in a new and personal vision. The Romanian Piano Trio had a rapid growth. The live recording of their debut recital at the International Music Festival in Brasov has been included in the Golden archive of the National Romanian Radio Society and their recital in the Arts Festival in Bucharest, broadcasted live on TVR Cultural had an enthusiastic outcome, both from the audience and the critics. During last two seasons the artists launched, organized and performed the first Romanian nation-wide concert tours of a chamber music group, financed exclusively with private funds. "MusicON" represented a tremendous success: extensively covered by media, the events presented in 36 cities including Bucharest aimed and succeeded to rejuvenate the existing image of classical music. Romanian Piano Trio portrayed music of Schumann, Elgar, Sibelius and Grieg, presenting it to both young and experienced audiences in a fresh, innovative and friendly manner.
About the Artists
Recent winner of the Stradivari-Elder-Voicu Competition that will allow him to use the Stradivarius violin for the next five years, Alexandru Tomescu has established himself as one of the most exciting violinists of his generation. His passionate performance, along with a perfect technique, poetry and sensitivity impressed the public of Europe, America and Asia. Concert Soloist of Romanian National Radio Corporation since 2002, he performed over 200 concerts and recitals in 26 countries, in famous halls such as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Thèatre des Champs Elysées and Thèatre Châtelet, Paris, Metropolitan Art Center, Tokyo, under first class conductors: Kurt Masur, Christoph Eschenbach, and Philippe Entremont.
"Cellist Razvan Suma fascinated the public through his talent, intelligence and sensibility". This is how renowned German magazine "Das Orchester" described the young Romanian musician - a great musical talent, an artistic certainty of the moment. Public and critics all around the world appreciate at the highest level the artist's charismatic personality, and the depth and beauty of his playing. Through the impressive repertory he performed in over one hundred recitals and concerts in Europe, America and Asia, R?zvan Suma proved musical sensibility and intuition, a well polished technique, rendering the style of each piece through his immense diversity of sounds.
Pianist Horia Mihail has made his professional debut in his native Romanian city of Brasov, playing Haydn's D major Concerto at the age of 10. Since then he has appeared over two hundred times as soloist with all Romanian orchestras, including the "George Enescu" Philharmonic and the State Radio Orchestra of Romania, and performed with the Boston Pops (under John Williams and Keith Lockhart), Boston University Symphony, and University of Illinois Symphony and Topeka Symphony orchestras. "The rhythmic subtlety and the articulation of mood and tone color was a kind this music rarely receives" reads Boston Globe after one of his performances.
Programme: Joseph Haydn - Piano Trio in G major, Hob.X:25 Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 George Enescu - Trio "Serenade Lontaine" Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
The Enescu Society Concert Season runs from October to June, on the first Thursday of each month. The concert stage of the Institute will host outstanding musicians performing George Enescu's music alongside an international repertoire.
The Enescu Society is a project of the Romanian Cultural Institute under the Royal Patronage of HRH Princess Margarita of Romania.
When: Thursday, 5 June 2008, 7 - 9 pm; Where: Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X8PH Admission is free but places are limited. Early booking is well recommended. Please reserve your seats at T: 0207 752 0134, E: office@icr-london.co.uk. Latecomers will be able to go to their seats in the interval.
