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PT Young Artist-in-Residence
Amelia Piano Trio
The award-winning Amelia Piano Trio has just completed a whirlwind summer.
Amelia Piano Trio, Credit: Aran Fedor
Before that, the Amelias toured with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. Recently (September 8 - 12), the Amelia Piano Trio was hard at work as PT's newest Young Artist-in-Residence. Revisit their live performances from NPR's Studio 4A.
The Amelia Piano Trio Rieko Aizawa, piano Anthea Kreston, violin Jason Duckles, cello  Browse the Amelia Piano Trio bios
Browse a Web-Only Q&A with violinist Anthea Kreston
Browse a Web-Only Q&A with cellist Jason Duckles
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AMELIA PIANO TRIO LIVE IN STUDIO 4A AUDIO Monday, September 8
Tuesday, September 9
 Listen to the entire hourDespite the fact that not every great composer has written for the piano trio, Anthea refutes the suggestion that the trio is the "forgotten step-child of classical music." Today's program reflects the great variety of repertoire that the piano trio can explore, including a "slightly illegal" rendition of a Bach Sonata written for violin and harpsichord, and a brand new work written for the Amelia Trio, Short Stories, by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison. Reflecting on his first full length piano trio, Harbison jokes, "Ideally, I wanted to write the Schubert E-flat trio, but he's already done that."
Wednesday, September 10
Listen to the entire hourThe Amelia Trio is joined by two very good friends they met during Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, the vituoso Chinese musicians Yang Wei on the pipa (Chinese lute), and Betti Xiang on the erhu (Chinese fiddle). Together, the trio and duo form the quintet called East Meets West, an ensemble dedicated to the exploration of the rich cultural and musical traditions of Eastern and Western music. Today they perform traditional Chinese music, new music written for the combination of Western and Chinese instruments, and a couple takes on Bach as never envisioned by the composer. Pianist Rieko Aizawa also gets a surprise at the end of the show.
Friday, September 12 Listen to the entire hourThe Amelia Piano Trio closes out their residency with a performance of what Jason hails as "one of the all time greats" -- Brahms' Piano Quintet in G minor, with guest violist Honggang Li of the Shanghai String Quartet. Reflecting back on the week, the trio is pleasantly surprised at how well all the personalities have meshed and at the great chemistry they've established during this residency. This has been the trio's first opportunity to really rehearse and play together since Rieko joined the group in July. PIAZZOLLA: Libertango
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 with violist Honggang Li of the Shanghai String Quartet I. AllegroII. Intermezzo. Allegro ma non troppoIII. Andante con motoIV. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto
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