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Trio Con Brio Copenhagen
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Trio con Brio Copenhagen is a piano trio based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was formed in 1999 and consists of the Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer and the two South Korean sisters Soo-Jin Hong and Soo-Kyung Hong. Soo-Jin Hong and Soo-Kyung Hong play an Andrea Guarneri violin and an Amati cello, respectively, and Jens Elvekjaer is the first Danish Steinway Artist. The trio was founded by its three members in Vienna in 1999. Its name refers to the composer's instruction allegro con brio "lively with spirit". Sisters Soo-Jin and Soo-Kyung Hong were born in South Korea and had performed together since childhood. They met Elvekjaer while he was studying in Vienna. Soo-Kyung later married Elvekjaer.[2][3][4] The trio had its breakthrough when it took the main award at the prestigious German ARD International Music Competition in 2002. Subsequently Trio con Brio settled in Copenhagen and In 2003 it performed the complete Beethoven piano trio cycle in three concerts at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen to much critical acclaim. In 2005 Trio con Brio became Ensemble in Residence at Copenhagen's historic Round Tower.[5] These concerts were broadcast on the European Broadcasting Union and the national Danish broadcaster DR. Parallel to these engagements, Trio con Brio continued to win awards at competitions and festivals around the world, culminating with the highly prestigious Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award in 2005. This gave them concert engagements in twenty majo
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10 Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu in G Major, Op. 121a "Piano Trio No. 11": Var. 5
471210 Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu in G Major, Op. 121a "Piano Trio No. 11": Var. 10, Presto - Allegretto
160310 Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu in G Major, Op. 121a "Piano Trio No. 11": Var. 1
964Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
645Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8 "Poème"
526Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor 'Poème', Op. 8
507Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32: III. Elegia. Adagio
498Allegretto for Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, WoO 39
459Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost": I. Allegro vivace e con brio
3610II. Allegro con brio
36albums
Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 1
Shostakovich & Arensky: Piano Trios
Phantasmagoria - Danish Piano Trios
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The Passenger
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Harmonie du soir
Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 3
Tchaikovsky & Smetana: Piano Trios
Beethoven Piano Trios, Vol. 2
Mendelssohn Piano Trios Op. 49 & Op. 66
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Ravel, M.: Piano Trio in A Minor / Dvorak, A.: Piano Trio No. 4 / Bloch, E.: 3 Nocturnes (Copenhagen Trio Con Brio)
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Beethoven : Piano Trios, Vol. 1
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Bent Sørensen: The Island in the City