The Jacques Thibaud String Trio, named after the French violinist Jacques Thibaud, was founded in 1994 and has received acclaim for their charm, youthful exuberance, and virtuosity.
Composer Biography
Bohuslav Martinů, a Czech composer, lived in Paris for seventeen years, where he was inspired by the avant-garde despite struggling financially and often living off his wife's earnings as a seamstress.
Composition History
Milhaud composed his String Trio in 1947 at the request of a music-loving industrialist from Mexico, during a journey through the country.
Composer Biography
Milhaud's musical upbringing was exclusively defined by Latin-Mediterranean culture, stemming from his old Provençal-Jewish family, and he strongly rejected German music, particularly Wagner.
Composer Biography
Both Darius Milhaud and Bohuslav Martinů, a Czech composer, were forced to leave France for the USA in 1940 due to World War II, Milhaud as a Jew and Martinů as a patriotic Czech in exile.
Notable Performances
Martinů's String Trio No. 1 was lost after presumably three performances in Paris and Prague, only to be rediscovered in 2005 at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Darius Milhaud, a French composer, believed chamber music was an intellectual discipline and a melting pot of intensive emotions, allowing deep feelings to be expressed with limited means.
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