The Major Trio

  • Classical Music
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time – 110 minutes, one 20 minute interval
  • Seating map

The Major Trio In Australia – Beethoven Trios

Major Trio consists of three outstanding musicians: Violinist Lu Siqing, Cellist Li-Wei Qin and Pianist Sun Yingdi. Each of the three musicians won top awards from Paganini International Violin Competition (Lu Siqing), International Tchaikovsky Competition (Li-Wei Qin) and International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (Sun Yingdi), which brought them high reputations around the world.

Since its establishment in 2011, The Major Trio has been giving concerts in China and overseas successfully. In the past five years, the Trio has been continuously invited by the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) to perform in its renowned NCPA May Festival. The Trio has also been invited to the Great Hall of the People to perform in a banquet held for the head of foreign state. Their repertoire includes chamber masterworks by Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvořák, Smetana, Arensky, Sarasate, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Piazzolla,and Hu Yao, showing brilliant skills and harmonious cooperation in the performances. Besides chamber performances, the Trio has also collaborated with NCPA Orchestra for Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, also known as Triple Concerto. Each of the three musicians has performed Tan Dun’s Martial Arts Tetralogy, including violin concerto “Hero”, cello concerto “Crouching Tiger”, piano concerto “Banquet”, and triple concerto “Resurrection”. “Great musicians together present the aesthetic of music” has become the motto of The Major Trio.

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One of the best piano trios in our generation. 

The Straits Times

Programme

Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, D. 929 
I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzando. Allegro moderato-Trio
IV. Allegro moderato
 
——Intermission——
 
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat major, Op.97, "Archduke"
I.  Allegro moderato
II.  Scherzo. Allegro
III.  Andante cantabile ma però con moto
IV.  Allegro moderato-Presto

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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