German Morgenstern Trio Wins KLRITA Award
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The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award (KLRITA) is the only existing piano trio award worldwide and has achieved international prominence. The twenty U.S. presenters include Carnegie Hall, the University of Chicago Presents and the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. The German Trio will begin its award tour during the 2010-2011 season and continue through 2011-2012.
About the Winning Ensemble
Taking its name from the popular German poet, author and humorist Christian Morgenstern (1871 – 1914), the Morgenstern Trio was formed in 2005 at the Folkwang Academy in Essen, Germany; its membership consists of pianist Catherine Klipfel from France, violinist Stefan Hempel from Germany (who joined the ensemble in the summer of 2009, succeeding violinist Nina Reddig) and cellist Emanuel Wehse from Germany. In 2007, after only two years of intensive collaboration, the Trio was awarded first prize at the International Joseph Haydn Competition in Vienna, second prize at the Fifth Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and second prize and the audience prize at the prestigious ARD Competition in Munich.
The Morgenstern Trio has toured throughout Europe under the auspices of the Bundesauswahl Konzerte Junger Künstler (a national concert organization for Germany’s rising young artists) and the “Best of NRW” concert series. Festival appearances include the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades, France, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Heidelberger Frühling, the WDR Musikfest and the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland. The Trio was recently invited to participate in the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO) "Rising Stars" series and is making its debut during the 2009-2010 season at leading concert halls across Europe in such major cities as Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Cologne, Brussels, Birmingham and Stockholm. The ensemble has appeared on numerous radio broadcasts throughout Europe and released its debut CD of works by Beethoven and Brahms in 2008. Learn more
The biennial KLRITA is administered by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. It is supported by a $30,000 gift from each of the twenty participating presenters.
