THIS CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE IN RICHMOND AT ABERDEEN CENTRE

Join us for a gorgeous summer evening of the most beloved works for piano trio - including pieces by Mendelssohn, Murphy, and Ravel. The Ravel Trio, in particular, is considered by most to be the crown jewel of piano trio repertoire.

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Join us for a gorgeous summer evening of the most beloved works for piano trio - including pieces by Mendelssohn, Murphy, and Ravel. The Ravel Trio, in particular, is considered by most to be the crown jewel of piano trio repertoire.

ABOUT THE MUSICIANS

Antoinette Gan (cello) joined the two time Grammy-nominated Oregon Symphony in September 2015. In addition to orchestral music, she is a passionate performer of solo and chamber music, and has participated in concerts and music festivals throughout the United States, Western Europe, and Scandinavia.

Lixia Li is considered a pianist with "incredible instinct and mature artistic insights," by eminent artists such as Philippe Entremont and Jacob Lateiner.

She has had the opportunity to work with numerous prominent pianists, such as Leon Fleisher, Aldo Ciccolini, John Perry, Francoise Thinat, Anthony di Bonaventura, Meng-Chieh Liu, Boris Petrushansky and Mikhail Voskresensky and Lee Kum-Sing. She has performed solo and chamber music in various music festivals such as Casalmaggiore International Festival in Italy, Prague International Piano Masterclasses, Belgium International Piano Week, International Summer Music Academy in Leipzig, Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival in Italy, Brandywine Piano Institute at University of Pennsylvania, Grandin Festival at Cincinnati and International Keyboard Institute & Festival at New York.

Notably known for her diverse musical style, Yena Lee (violin) received numerous prizes universally in competitions ranging from classical to modern competitions: Wolfgang Marschner International Competition, Shean Competition, Young Texas Artist Competition, Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, Oneppo chamber music competition, Boston University Bach Competition and Young Korean Music Competition of Canada. She made an orchestra debut at the age of 14 and was awarded the “Most Promising Musician Award” from district of British Columbia. She was youngest recipient of the prestigious JGU-Preis from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

She frequently features with Adrian Ensemble Italy, Casalmaggiore International Music Festival Orchestra, Mainzer Virtuosi Kammerorchester, Neumeyer Consort Frankfurt, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Pilgrim Orchestra, and West Coast Symphony. She concertizes worldwide in venues such as Cadogan Hall, Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Museo del violino, Orpheum Theatre, and Symphony Hall. She has collaborated and played under John Adams, Valery Gergiev, Ken-David Masur, Peter Oundjian, Kryzstof Penderecki, Larry Rachleff, and Bramwell Tovey. She has been invited as resident artist for the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival, Eckelhauser Musikfestival, Norfolk Festival in UK, and many others.

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn [masked]) - Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor (1839)

Kelly-Marie Murphy (1964-) - Give me phoenix wings to fly (1997)

Maurice Ravel [masked]) - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67 (1914)