Vienna Piano Trio

Vienna Piano Trio

Long established as one of the world’s leading chamber ensembles, and perennially fresh in its artistry, the Vienna Piano Trio was founded in 1988 by the Viennese pianist Stefan Mendl. His partners are the Californian violinist David McCarroll, a member of the trio since 2015, and the Austrian cellist Clemens Hagen, who joined in 2018. Together, the players embody the ensemble’s continuing commitment to bridging the traditions and practice of Europe and America. This philosophy stems from the trio’s early years and its mentoring by such ensembles as the Trio di Trieste, Haydn-Trio Wien, Beaux Arts Trio and the Guarneri and LaSalle quartets, and by the violinists Isaac Stern and Jaime Laredo. Both sustaining and renewing the repertoire for piano trio, the ensemble complements the masterworks of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries with new works, the product of collaborations with such leading contemporary composers as Friedrich Cerha, Georg Friedrich Haas, György Kurtág, Johannes Maria Staud and Jörg Widmann. Engagements in 2018-19 include a concert cycle at Vienna Konzerthaus and a performance at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, while the 2019-20 season will bring an emphasis on Beethoven and, in series at the Vienna Konzerthaus and London’s Wigmore Hall, the piano trios and string sonatas of Brahms. In 2020 the trio will also make a tour of the USA, visiting Philadelphia, New York, Houston and Los Angeles.