Kagel's trios use tonal harmony, familiar melodies, and dance-like gestures, but subvert tradition with colliding chords and rhapsodic melodic lines that defy classical thematic development.
Performer Biography
Trio Imàge, consisting of Pavlin Nechev (piano), Gergana Gergova (violin), and Thomas Kaufmann (cello), has performed internationally at venues like the Berlin Philharmonie and festivals such as Verbier and Schubertiade.
Compositional Technique
Unlike his earlier theatrical string quartets, Kagel's piano trios are purely musical, yet they still explore and reinterpret historically inherited musical material.
Composition History
Kagel dedicated his Second Trio, particularly the final 'Grave' section, to the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kagel's artistic vision was to make instrumental playing and theatrical performance one, emphasizing the musicians' roles as interpreters through their movements and interactions.
Composer Biography
Mauricio Kagel, an Argentinian-German composer, first gained international recognition in the 1960s for his 'instrumental theatre' approach to music.
Compositional Technique
All three trios systematically explore the conventional instrumentation by using extended playing techniques, such as playing on the bridge or fingerboard, and muffling piano registers with hands or sandbags.
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