Trio con Brio Copenhagen: New Voices (1:3)
Hear Denmark's greatest piano trio in a brand new work by Louise Alenius written especially for the trio! Hear them also expanded to a quintet with two young string talents on violin and viola.
Programme
Louise Alenius (b.1978): Anatomy of Apathy (2024)*
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979): Piano Trio (1921)
Intermission
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Piano Quintet Op. 81 (1887)
*premiere in Boulez-Saal Berlin, January 2025.
This season you can experience Trio con Brio Copenhagen in the new concert series New Voices, which is a three-year series with concerts in Boulez-Saal Berlin, the Diamond Copenhagen and Aarhus Musikforening. Tonight's concert is the first in the series.
Each concert features a premiere of a brand new composition commissioned by Trio con Brio Copenhagen in harmony with an important piano trio from the 20th century. In the series, three of today's most significant composers give their take on what a piano trio should sound like in the 2020s.
The concerts conclude with one of the greatest piano quintets, where the trio is expanded with two young, new voices.
In March 2025, Trio con Brio Copenhagen received 6 hearts in Politiken for their new album Harmonie du Soir, and wrote, among other things:
Trio con Brio is and will remain Denmark's major international ensemble when it comes to piano trios.
Look forward to experiencing them in the Queen's Hall!
About tonight's programme
With a background in electronic music, composer Louise Alenius (b.1978) has distinguished herself with her self-taught approach to classical music composition. Alenius composed the work The Anatomy of Apathy (2024) for New Voices, which explores different stages of apathy. The work was premiered in the Boulez-Saal Berlin in January 2025.
After Alenius' work, you can hear a piano trio by the English Rebecca Clarke, before the concert concludes with Dvořák's grand Piano Quintet, where Trio con Brio Copenhagen is expanded with violinist Michael Germer and violist Michael Grolid (NO).
Participants
Trio with Brio Copenhagen
“Con brio” is Italian for “with energy”, and the trio has toured the world with their fresh, contemporary approach to the classical repertoire, based in Copenhagen. The trio was formed from the idea of the meeting between two musical couples; the two Korean-born sisters violinist Soo-Jin and cellist Soo-Kyung Hong, and Soo-Kyung’s husband, pianist Jens Elvekjær.
Michael Germer
Violinist Michael Germer was the youngest semi-finalist in the 2019 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition, which was broadcast live worldwide. As a soloist, he has played with, among others, the Webern Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre de l'Université de Genève, and collaborated with conductors such as Lahav Shani and Vladimir Kiradjiev. In August 2019, he was awarded the large Jakob Gade Grant in Tivoli Concert Hall.
Michael Grolid (NO)
Michael Grolid is a Norwegian violist and composer. In 2017 he received the prestigious Norwegian award "Arve Tellefsen Musikerprisen". As a soloist he has played with, among others, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Michael Grolid is currently the first violist in the DR Symphony Orchestra.
The three composers in New Voices are supported by Augustinus Fonden.
