The Altenberg Trio is a

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formed in 1994 in

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. It is named after a Viennese poet

Peter Altenberg Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in the city. Biography He was born Richard Engländer on 9 March 1859 in Vienna. The nom de p ...

. Since its debut during the Salzburg Mozart Week in 1994, it is one of the few full-time piano trios in Europe. The ensemble became Trio-in-residence of Vienna's

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(Musikverein) where it gives an annual series of concerts in th
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Their repertoire encompasses more than 250 piano trios, among them works that were composed for and premiered by the Altenberg Trio, such as Douglas Weiland's First Trio, opus 22 (1995). In 1999, following the release of their recording of the complete Schumann piano trios, the Trio received the Robert Schumann Award of the City of

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. Their recording of trios of

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), Copland and

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) won the

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in Amsterdam in 2000. In 2012

Christopher Hinterhuber Christopher Hinterhuber (born 28 June 1973) is an Austrian classical pianist. Biography and career Hinterhuber was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and studied with Rudolf Kehrer and Heinz Medjimorec at the university for Music in Vienna, and with ...

replaced Claus-Christian Schuster as pianist and Christoph Stradner replaced Alexander Gebert as cellist. In 2018

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replaced founding member Amiram Ganz as violinist. Ziyu He plays the „Grumiaux“ violin by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, made in 1855, Christoph Stradner a cello by Antonio Stradivari, 1680.

Members

*Ziyu He (violin) *Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) *Christoph Stradner (violoncello)

References

External links

Official Website
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