Trio con Brio Copenhagen, founded in 1999, consists of two Korean sisters, Soo-Jin Hong (violin) and Soo-Kyung Hong (cello), and Jens Elvekjaer (piano), who are married to Soo-Kyung.
Composer Biography
Beethoven left his home city of Bonn for Vienna in 1792, becoming a free man after serving at the court of Electoral Prince Maximilian Franz.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Beethoven's revolutionary mind was characterized by his use of extreme dynamics, going beyond the conventions of his time to express autonomous human emotions.
Compositional Technique
In his early piano trios, Beethoven elevated the violin and cello from mere accompanists to equal partners with the piano, a departure from earlier traditions.
Composition History
Beethoven's three Piano Trios Op. 1, published in 1795, were his first major works to gain public attention in Vienna.
Composition History
The Piano Trio in D major Op. 70 No. 1 earned its nickname 'Ghost' because composer Carl Czerny associated its second movement with the ghost scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Composition History
The Piano Trio in B flat major, Allegretto WoO 39, was written by Beethoven for the 10-year-old Maximilian Brentano, possibly due to Beethoven's affection for Maximilian's mother, Anthonie Brentano, his 'Immortal Beloved'.
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