Aiki Mori-von Schnitzler, the cellist of the Mori Trio, was the youngest prizewinner in the history of both the Japan Classical Music Competition and the Stars of Tomorrow Competition.
Compositional Technique
The Dumky Trio is a cycle of six dance pieces, named after the Ukrainian folk-ballad 'dumka', which is characterized by contrasts between slow, wistful sections and fast, exuberant ones.
Composition History
Dvořák's best-known trio, the Dumky Trio in E minor op. 90, premiered in Prague on April 11, 1891, with Dvořák himself at the piano.
Composition History
A quarter of Dvořák's entire body of work consists of chamber music, which was unusual for a composer active in the second half of the 19th century.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Dvořák treated chamber music as a creative element in its own right, rather than using it as a trial format for larger works like operas and symphonies.
Composer Biography
Antonín Dvořák, along with Bedřich Smetana, brought Czech music to global prominence.
Composition History
On the evening of the Dumky Trio's premiere, Dvořák received an honorary doctorate from the Charles University of Prague.
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