Trio Fontenay
50 top tracks
Trio Fontenay
50 top tracks
Albums
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Messiaen : Quatuor pour la fin du temps [Quartet for the End of TIme]
Trio Fontenay
40 Most Beautiful Adagios
Trio Fontenay
40 Most Beautiful Relaxing Classics
Trio Fontenay
Schubert : Trout Quintet, Adagio & Rondo Concertante
Trio Fontenay
Beethoven's Adagios
Trio Fontenay
Mozart : Chamber Music
Trio Fontenay
Chopin & Smetana : Piano Trios
Trio Fontenay
Brahms : Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2
Trio Fontenay
Chopin & Smetana : Piano Trios (Apex)
Trio Fontenay
La Pianiste (Musiques Du Film)
Trio Fontenay
Dvorák Essentials
Trio Fontenay
Haydn Essentials
Trio Fontenay
Biography
The Trio Fontenay was an internationally-renowned German classical music piano trio, who performed worldwide and recorded much of the significant piano trio repertoire between the years 1980 and 2006....Read more on Last.fm
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The Trio Fontenay was an internationally-renowned German classical music piano trio, who performed worldwide and recorded much of the significant piano trio repertoire between the years 1980 and 2006.
Formation
The Trio Fontenay was formed in Hamburg in 1980. The original members of the trio were Wolf Harden, pianist; Michael Mücke, violinist; and Niklas Schmidt, cellist. The name "Fontenay" is old French for "source" and "fantasy", and is also the name of the street near the Hamburg Conservatory where the ensemble first met to practice. An important early influence on the group's interpretations came from classes they attended in Cologne which were taught by the Amadeus Quartet.[1][2][3]
Concert career
In the 1980s they quickly developed an active concert schedule, including regular appearances at major concert halls and festivals in Europe. In 1986 they made their American debut. Subsequently the group toured North and South America, Australia and the Far East. For a time the ensemble was named "trio in residence" at Théâtre du Châtelet and was based in Paris.[1] In the 1995-1996 season they performed the complete Beethoven cycle at Paris’s Théâtre Chatelet, London’s Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Schauspielhaus, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and in Hamburg, Munich, and Cologne.[2] Their recording of these works received the 1994 Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik [German Record Critics Award].[3][4] In 1998 the cellist Niklas Schmidt was replaced by Jens-Peter Maintz.[5] The musicians decided to disband Trio Fontenay in February of 2006.[1]
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