The Eroica Trio is an American

piano trio A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music. The term can also refer to a group of m ...

consisting of Erika Nickrenz,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

; Sara Parkins,

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

; and Sara Sant'Ambrogio,

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, ...

. The trio take their name from Beethoven's

Eroica Symphony The Symphony No. 3 in E major, Op. 55, (also Italian ''Sinfonia Eroica'', ''Heroic Symphony''; german: Eroica, ) is a symphony in four movements by Ludwig van Beethoven. One of Beethoven's most celebrated works, the ''Eroica'' symphony is a la ...

. They have toured and recorded widely, and released six recordings for

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Records, garnering multiple

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nominations. The founding members of the trio were Nickrenz, Sant'Ambrogio, and Adela Peña. They were all trained at the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely ...

. In addition to being accomplished musicians, the Eroica Trio have attracted attention in the

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small nu ...

world from some as

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, stylishly dressed women. The trio took first prize in the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Competition in 1991. Their first

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recording ''Eroica Trio'' won

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's 1997 Performance Today Award for "Debut Recording of the Year." In addition to touring with a varied piano trio repertoire, the Eroica Trio often appear in concert with major

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s performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto. The Eroica Trio commissioned a triple concerto by American composer Kevin Kaska. It was premiered by the

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in November 2001. They have also commissioned several works from American composer

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, including "The Loom," inspired by the watercolors of Eric Fischl; that work was released on the Montage Music Society's album ''Creating Music Inspired by Visual Art''.

References

External links

Eroica Trio
official Web site
Eroica Trio Blog

Eroica Trio Biography

Eroica Trio IMG Artist Profile

Eroica Trio Photo Gallery
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