Trio Tremonti, a new collaboration by violinist Saul Bitrán, cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws, and pianist Sally Pinkas, will make its Connecticut debut in a concert presented by Trinity’s Department of Music in Hamlin Hall tonight, September 19th, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Featuring contemporary and classical works, the program includes Passing Puntos, composed by Dan Román, assistant professor of music at Trinity and an alumnus of the Hartt School of Music, and Princess Nicotine; or The Smoke Fairy, composed by Matthew Malsky, a professor of music at Clark University in Worcester, MA.
In Passing Puntos, Román mixes the natural reiterations, overlaying patterns, and offbeat accents of the Bomba and Plena, Afro-Caribbean genres found in his native Puerto Rico, with the style of contemporary post-minimalism.
Trio Tremonti has become a sought after ensemble in New England and beyond following its January 2012 debut performance on WGBH, Boston Public Radio. (For a music video, visit www.wgbh.org/articles/Drive-Time-Live-Trio-Tremonti-Plays-Dvoraks-Trio-No-2-in-G-minor-Op-26-Scherzo-6802.) Last fall, the trio was appointed ensemble-in-residence at the Cambridge School of Weston. All three musicians have enjoyed international careers as soloists.
Bitrán was born in Mexico City to Chilean parents. He is a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University, Israel, where he studied with Yair Kless. In 1986 he joined the Cuarteto Latinoamericano as first violinist, recording extensively with the group (which earned a 2002 Grammy nomination and won a 2012 Latin Grammy) and touring worldwide.
Müller-Szeraws’ musical journey has taken him over three continents as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. Since his early debut with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción he has performed frequently as a soloist with orchestras in Chile, Germany, and the United States.
Following her London debut at Wigmore Hall, Israeli-born pianist Pinkas has been heard in recital throughout Europe and the U.S. She has toured Russia, China, and Nigeria as half of the Hirsch-Pinkas piano duo, and has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops, Jupiter Symphony, Aspen Philharmonia, and the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra.
Román’s compositional style integrates elements of Caribbean folkloric music with the mechanics of minimalism and the aesthetics of postmodern art. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1974, he completed a B.A. in classical guitar performance at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, and obtained a master’s degree and Ph.D. in composition from the Hartt School.
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