Trio con Brio Copenhagen: New Voices (2:3)
This evening, Trio con Brio Copenhagen returns with yet another new work, this time by Rune Glerup. And then the trio becomes a quintet again with two new voices in classical music.
Programme
Rune Glerup (b. 1981): new trio*
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996): Piano trio op. 24 (1945)
Intermission
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Piano Quintet Op. 57 (1940)
*premiere in Boulez-Saal Berlin, March 2026
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 Music Society. Tonight's concert is the second concert in the series.
Each concert features a world 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 how a piano trio sounds in the 2020s. The concerts conclude with one of the greatest piano quintets, where the trio is expanded with violin and viola.
Trio con Brio Copenhagen received 6 hearts in Politiken for their new album “Harmonie du Soir” in March 2025. Look forward to experiencing them in The Queen's Hall!
About tonight's programme
When composer Rune Glerup (b.1981) works, he deliberately seeks to short-circuit the familiar and comfortable, so that musical beauty can emerge despite violent tensions and contrasts. This evening you can hear his brand new trio, which is followed by a piano trio by Weinberg. The concert ends with Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, where the trio is expanded with violinist Michael Germer and violist Nils Mönkemeyer.
Participants
Trio con 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 big Jakob Gade Scholarship in Tivoli Concert Hall.
Nis Mönkemeyer (DE)
Nils Mönkemeyer has made an international name for himself during his 25 years as a violist and is considered one of the leading and most innovative violists in the world. He has played with major orchestras such as the Helsinki and London Philharmonics and Les Musiciens du Louvre, and has won numerous awards for his talent. He is professor of viola at the Hans Eisler School of Music in Berlin, and in December 2024 he was named Professor of the Year 2025 by the German University Association, among other things for his great international success as a soloist and for his commitment to social work. He has also released a large number of albums on Sony Classical.
The three composers in New Voices are supported by the Augustinus Foundation.
Rune Glerup's work is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation's grant support committee.
