Chihara Trio March 6, 2010

Downtown Piano Works is pleased to welcome the Chihara Trio to our Fine Artist Concert Series. As always, there is no charge for admission but space is limited to 65. Please RSVP (301) 631-1234 to guarantee a seat for this performance.

The Chihara Trio, formed in 2009, consists of Anthony Costa (clarinet), Timothy Deighton (viola), and Enrico Elisi (piano).

The group takes its name from the celebrated American composer Paul Chihara (b. 1938), who has been commissioned to write a new work for the trio that will be premiered March 25th, 2010 in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. During the same season, the group has also commissioned composer Kye Ryung Park to write a new work for the group.

The instrumentation of the ensemble, is considered a standard genre. Important contributions to the trio’s repertoire include compositions by W. A. Mozart, Max Bruch, Jean Francaix, G. Kurtag, Libby Larsen, Robert Schumann, Alfred Uhl and Gordon Jacob.

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