Adela Peña is an American violinist best known as a founding member of the
Eroica Trio The Eroica Trio is an American piano trio consisting of Erika Nickrenz, piano; Sara Parkins, violin; and Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello.
The trio take their name from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. They have toured and recorded widely, and released si ...
.
She was born in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
and began playing the violin at age 4. In New York, she studied at the
Henry Street Music School with violin/viola teacher Rochelle Walton.
She began playing with
Erika Nickrenz, the trio pianist, when they were both 9. She has a bachelor's and a master's degree from the
Juilliard School of Music, where she won the Mendelssohn Violin Competition. She also won the Washington International Competition.
Peña was the violinist for the Eroica Trio from its founding until 2006, when she left the ensemble.
she performs with
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (founded 1972) is a classical music chamber orchestra based in New York City. They have won several Grammy Awards. The orchestra is known for its collaborative leadership style in which the musicians, not a cond ...
.
References
External links
Eroica Trio Web site
American classical violinists
American women violinists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women musicians
21st-century classical violinists
Women classical violinists
21st-century American violinists
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