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Vincent Coq | piano Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian | violin Raphaël Pidoux | violoncello Trio Wanderer quite deserves their stage-name. Indeed, "Wanderer" pays homage to Schubert, and more widely to German Romanticism. The Trio has centered their repertoire on German Romantic works, which are often imbued with the leitmotiv of the wandering traveler. "Wanderer" also alludes, albeit with a smile, to a musician's life, enriched by many inner voyages, and, more prosaically, fashioned by numerous tours. These three young French musicians are avid open-minded wandering travelers, who explore the musical world, ceaselessly spanning the centuries from Haydn to Ravel and Copland. However, they bear little resemblance, if any, to the dark, solitary, Romantic hero. For one thing, the three musicians rarely perform separately. It is all the better, since their 13-year-old friendship pervades their music and gives their interpretation all its character. One is immediately struck by their extraordinarily sensitive style and their almost telepathic understanding of each other. Lastly, to bring the metaphor to a close, these three wandering travelers did not fortunately inherit the curse that befell the Romantic artist: early on in their career, critics recognized their talent, and they have since enjoyed wordly acclaim and fame. As dedicated professionals, they have managed to steer their career with flair and intelligence: they have just been honoured with the sponsorship of the ACCENTURE Foundation which covers 48 countries. Doubtlessly, the future belongs to them. LANDMARKS. 1988: First Prize for chamber music at the Conservatoire National Suprieur de Musique de Paris. Trio Wanderer then joins Jean-Claude Pennetier's class. 1990-1992: They study with such masters as Janos Starker, Dorothy Delay, Gyrgy Sebk in USA, Menahem Pressler from Beaux Arts Trio in Canada, and Amadeus Quartet in Germany. In 1988, they win the ARD Competition in Munich and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in 1990. 1990: They begin their international career with the performance of Beethoven's Trios at the Herkulessaal in Munich. Praised as the "Wandering Star" by The Strad in 1998, Trio Wanderer has since been invited to perform on the most famous music stages: Berlin's Philharmonie, Washington's Library of Congress, Paris' Thtre des Champs Elyses, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebow, Moscow's Tchaïkovsky Great Hall, Tokyo's Kioi Hall. They have also performed at prestigious festivals: Schleswig Holstein, Rheingau, Nantes's Folle Journe, La Roque d'Anthron, Stresa, Bath, Osaka, Salzburg. They have on many occasions collaborated with such artists as Yehudi Menuhin, James Loughran, Christopher Hogwood, James Conlon or Charles Dutoit, accompanied, for triple or double concertos, by Orchestre National de France, Berlin's Radio Symphonie Orchester, Orchestre Philharmonique of Radio-france, Sinfonia Varsovia…. In 2004, Trio Wanderer played in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, in China... Amongst their concerts next summer, they were invited again for a recital at the Salzburg Summer Festival. Besides numerous radio and TV recordings (Radio France, BBC, ARD, France 2, Muzzik) and two records with Sony Classical (Mendelssohn's Trios in 1995 and Dvorak's and Smetana's Trios in 1996), in 1999 Trio Wanderer began a new partnership with Le Chant du Monde – Harmonia Mundi, starting with Chausson's and Ravel's Trios, followed, at the end of 2000, by Schubert's Trios and by Beethoven's Triple Concerto (with James Conlon and Grzenich-Orchester) by Haydn Trios in 2001, by Schubert and Hummel piano quintet in 2003 and by Shostakovitch and Copland trios in 2004. Their next CD will be dedicated to the two Martinu's Triple Concerti with James Conlon and Gürzenich-Orchester. Heralded by the professional music world, Trio Wanderer was awarded a Victoire de la Musique in 1997, and another Victoire in 2000 for Best Chamber Music Ensemble of the year. A 52mn film dedicated to the Trio Wanderer has been made in spring 2002 by the French-German TV broadcast ARTE. 2006/2007 If you wish to revise this biography, please contact Mark Stephan Buhl Artists Management. Please use material of the current season only. | |
