Trio Voronezh

Description

Trio Voronezh’s astonishing virtuosity and delightful artistic innovation gives the trio the ability to alter the way audiences experience classical, folk and contemporary repertoire. Discovered playing Bach in a Frankfurt, Germany subway station, Trio Voronezh has since made several tours of the U.S., and earned audience and critical praise.

Classically trained at the Conservatory in Voronezh, Russia, the members Valerie Petrukhin, Vladimir Volokhin (National Champion, All-Russian Domra Competition), and Sergei Teleshev formed the trio in 1993 in their native working-class city of Voronezh. They play traditional Russian folk instruments: a double-bass balalaika (the three-stringed Russian national instrument, with a triangular body made of fir), a domra (a three-stringed short-necked ancestor of the mandolin), and a bajan (a chromatic-button accordion, with various registers).

The trio’s diverse repertoire ranges from the works of Bach, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky to Russian folk songs, gypsy dance music, and popular songs by Gershwin. This ever-expanding concert material is arranged by the trio’s members and performed with extraordinary virtuosity entirely from memory. More recently they have added works by Astor Piazzolla, Alfred Schnittke, Shostakovich, and Strauss.

The trio made its U.S. debut at the 1996 Oregon Bach Festival, becoming the sleeper-hit of the summer; the musicians were then immediately invited to return. The first U.S. tour began by bringing down the house on American Public Media's "A Prairie Home Companion."

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http://www.montalvoarts.org

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