The Morgenstern Trio
Occidental Center for the Arts
Saturday, November 11th, 2017 @ 7:30pm
To name a piano trio after the popular nineteenth century German poet Christian Morgenstern was the inspiration of Catherine Klipfel, piano, Stefan Hempel, violin, and Emanuel Wehse, cellist, who met during their studies at the Folkwang Conservatory in Essen, Germany.
After only two short years of working together, the Morgenstern Trio emerged on the German Music Scene by being awarded top prizes and awards, such as the prestigious US Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Award in 2010. For the twenty prize concerts, the Morgenstern Trio has received superlative reviews and immediate re-invitations for following seasons. This prize catapulted them onto the scene in the USA with performances in Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center and at Carnegie Hall and other venues in NY, followed by concerts in such cities as Chicago, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Carmel, Louisville, Lexington, to Palm Beach. The Washington Post wrote: “the group displayed a unanimity, polished technique and musical imagination that I thought had vanished from the scene with the demise of the Beaux Arts Trio”.
Mentors, such as the Alban Berg Quartet and Menahem Pressler have given the Morgenstern Trio invaluable coaching and musical insight.
Catherine Klipfel, piano
Stefan Hempel, violin
Emanuel Wehse, cello
Program:
Frank Martin Trio on Irish Melodies
Transformations for Piano Trio
INTERMISSION
Schubert Bb-Major
Artists’ Website:
http://www.morgensterntrio.com
Tickets:
$30 General
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3077846
Location:
Occidental Center for the Arts
3850 Doris Murphy Ct.
Occidental, CA 95465
Phone: (707) 874-9392
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