After more than three decades of international concert success, acclaimed recordings, and a new legacy of commissioned works, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio (pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson) continues to dazzle audiences and critics alike with their performances.

 

During the 2009-2010 season, the Trio will return to New York, California, Washington D.C., and Florida for their annual visits and perform in Hawaii for the first time.  Internationally, they will concertize in Berne, Switzerland, at South Korea’s Seoul Spring Festival, and in London for a return performance at Wigmore Hall. The Septet by Ellen Zwilich, which was premiered this past April at the 92nd Street Y by the Trio and Miami String Quartet, will be brought to audiences in Ohio, Oregon, Florida, and at Bard College, New York.

 

On the recording front, the ensemble continues its productive partnership with E1/KOCH International Classics. The Trio has finished its new four-disc cycle of the complete Brahms Trios with the release of the first two CDs last fall and the second two in October 2009. In October 2006, KOCH released a CD of the Trio performing works by Arensky and Tchaikovsky, and it has been re-releasing many of the Trio’s hallmark recordings, including of Ravel, Danielpour, Shostakovich, Zwilich, Kirchner and their renowned collection of the complete Beethoven Trios.

 

Since making their debut in January 1977 at the White House for the Carter’s Inauguration, the Trio has enjoyed a steady stream of honors and tributes. Musical America named the Trio its 2002 Ensemble of the Year. Since the 2003-04 season, the Trio has been Chamber Ensemble in Residence at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In 2003, the Chamber Music Society of Detroit established the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award (KLRITA) in honor of the Trio’s contribution to chamber music. The award is bestowed every two years to promising young piano trios.

 

Each Trio member also maintains an active solo performance and teaching career. Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson joined the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in 2005, while Joseph Kalichstein continues as a long-revered teacher at the Juilliard School of Music.