This album was recorded at the Royal Danish Academy of Music Concert Hall in Copenhagen from August 10-13, 2020.
Instruments
Soo-Jin Hong, the violinist of Trio con Brio Copenhagen, plays an Andrea Guarneri violin, and Soo-Kyung Hong, the cellist, plays a Grancino cello.
Historical Context
The year Anton Arensky died, 1906, was also the year Dmitri Shostakovich was born, marking a shift as the old Tsarist world began to crumble.
Performer Biography
Trio con Brio Copenhagen has won numerous major piano trio competitions, including the ARD (Munich), Vittorio Gui (Florence), and Trondheim Competition (Norway).
Historical Context
Anton Arensky lived in Tsarist Russia before the revolution, while Dmitri Shostakovich lived in the communist Soviet Union that followed.
Performer Biography
Trio con Brio Copenhagen was founded in 1999 in Vienna and is composed of two Korean-born sisters, Soo-Kyung Hong (cello) and Soo-Jin Hong (violin), and Soo-Kyung's husband, Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Both Anton Arensky and Dmitri Shostakovich are exponents of a Russian chamber music tradition known for singable melodies, pain, and passion.
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