Trio ParoleMozart Piano TriosSaturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th, 8:00pm, |
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Trio Parole was founded in 1997 and started playing in public the following year. The trio appeared in Rome (under the auspices of ECHOS Associazione Musicale), in Salzburg (Mozart-Festival), France (Besancon Chamber Music Series), Germany (Leipzig, Halle) and Palermo, with works by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
The trio is named after the cities in which the members lived when they met (PAris-ROme-LEipzig), and after the idea, prevalent in the 18th Century, that music is to be presented as speech and chamber music as conversation.
At present, the trio is engaged in recording the Mozart piano trios, including the fragments K. 442 in new completions. The recording will appear with the French label "Chordis et Organo."
Philippe Couvert, Violin
Philippe Couvert was born in 1964 in Savoie (France). He studied the violin at the Paris Conservatory with Jean Lenert. Since 1986 he has been the concertmaster of the original-instrument orchestra "La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy" under Jean-Claude Malgoire. He plays in many other Ensembles, such as "La Petite Bande" (S. Kuicken), "Les Talens Lyriques" (C. Rousset), "Hesperion XX" (J. Savall), "Les Musiciens du Louvre" (M. Minkowski) and others. He teaches at many mastercourses in Europe (Studio de musica antiga in Rio de Janeiro, Ecole Nationale de Musique de Creteil and others) and has made many recordings with his ownn ensemble, the "Academie Sainte-Cecile."
Andrea Fossa, Cello
Andrea Fossa was born in Rome. After completing his Cello studies at the Florence Conservatory, he went on to study the baroque cello at the Schola Cantorum in Basel with Christophe Coin. He plays in many 0riginal-instrument ensembles under conductors such as J.-C. Malgoire, E. Garrido, S. Kuijcken and others, and teaches baroque cello and chamber music at the Palermo Conservatory.
Harpsichordist, organist and fortepianist Zvi Meniker was born in Moscow and raised in Israel. He began advanced musical studies at the age of 15. Meniker received diplomas with distinction from theSalzburg Mozarteum and the Zurich Academy of Music, where he studied with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Johann Sonnleitner, before moving on to the USA to study with Malcolm Bilson at Cornell University. Zvi Meniker commands a wide repertoire on his three instruments ranging from late medieval works to 20th-century compositions. He has also won numerous awards at international competitions. Zvi Meniker taught harpsichord and performance practice at Duke University, USA, and is a regular faculty member at the annual Early Music Workshop in Jerusalem. After teaching at the Mendelssohn Conservatory in Leipzig, Germany, he accepted a professorship at the Hannover Conservatory, where he currently teaches harpsichord, fortepiano and performance practice. His doctoral dissertation, recently completed, is on the Performance Practice of Fr. Chopin's piano works.