Claremont Trio is a

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including

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alumnae Emily Bruskin (

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) and Julia Bruskin (

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), and

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alumna Sophiko Simsive (

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). The group was founded at Juilliard in 1999, and made its performance debut at the

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in 2001 after winning the Young Concert Artists International Auditions that same year. In 2003, the trio also won the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award. They have performed at the

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and the Mostly Mozart and Bard Music festivals.

Discography

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Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonie ...

Trios Op. 49 & 66''.

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Trios''. Tria * 2008 ''American Trios'', trios by Zwilich,

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, and Schoenfield. Tria * 2009 ''Jonathan Cohler & Claremont Trio'' with Jonathan Cohler (clarinet), trios of

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and

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, and sextet by Dohnanyi.

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* 2010 ''

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''. Tria * 2012 ''

Triple Concerto, Op. 56; Trio in E'' Major, Op. 1, No. 1.

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* 2017 ''Spheres: Music of Robert Paterson.'' American Modern Recordings

References

External links

Official site

Claremont Trio
on

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Hear the Claremont Trio in concert
from WGBH Boston
The group's tour blog

Performances by the Claremont Trio
from the

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