Poul Ruders: Piano Trio (World Premiere Recording)

Featuring

Soo-Jin Hong
Soo-Kyung Hong
Jens Elvekjær
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Poul Ruders

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Instruments

Soo-Jin Hong plays an Andrea Guarneri violin, Soo-Kyung Hong plays a Grancino cello, and Jens Elvekjaer, a Steinway Artist, plays a Steinway D-274 piano on this recording.

Performer Biography

TRIO CON BRIO COPENHAGEN has won numerous major piano trio competitions, including the ARD (Munich), Vittorio Gui (Florence), and the prestigious P2 Artist's Prize (Denmark).

Recording & Production

This recording was made in the Concert Hall of The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen on May 13, 2023, using the DXD audio format (352.8 kHz/32bit).

Performer Biography

TRIO CON BRIO COPENHAGEN was founded in Vienna in 1999 and consists of two Korean-born sisters, Soo-Jin Hong (violin) and Soo-Kyung Hong (cello), and Soo-Kyung's Danish husband, Jens Elvekjaer (piano).

Composer's Artistic Vision

Poul Ruders describes his music as 'just itself' with no hidden agenda, though he warns that the outer movements of this Piano Trio are 'relentless white-knuckle rides towards the abyss'.

Composition History

Poul Ruders, the composer, accepted the commission from TRIO CON BRIO COPENHAGEN to write a piano trio after only a brief hesitation.

Composer Biography

Poul Ruders, the composer, has explored various musical directions throughout his career, including American minimalism, English 'change-ringing', and 'female values' in his compositions.