The Sitkovetsky Trio is a
piano trio
A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music. The term can also refer to a group of m ...
, formed by students at the
Yehudi Menuhin School
The Yehudi Menuhin School is a specialist music school in Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. The current director of music is the British classical pianist Ashley Wass. The school is on ...
in 2007, and has emerged as one of the outstanding trios of today, receiving numerous awards and critical acclaim.
Members
In 2018, the trio consisted of
Alexander Sitkovetsky
Alexander Sitkovetsky (born 1983) is a British violinist.
Biography Family
Sitkovetsky was born in Moscow to a musical family; his father being guitarist and composer Alexander Sitkovetsky of the Autograph fame, mother Olga Sitkovetsky being a ...
(
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
), Leonard Elschenbroich (
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...
), and
Wu Qian (
piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
). In 2019 a new cellist, the German-Korean Isang Enders, joined the group.
About the Sitkovetsky Trio
''sitkovetskytrio.com'', accessed 10 June 2019
Awards
* First prizewinner of the International Commerzbank Chamber Music Award 2008
* Recipients of the Nordmetall Chamber Music Award at the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival 2009
References
External links
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Musical trios
Chamber music groups
Piano trios
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