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Utzon Music 2024 Trio Karénine

5 May 2024

In the Utzon Room

Classical Music

Award-winning French ensemble Trio Karénine makes it’s Sydney Opera House debut with a stunning program of French and Spanish masterpieces by Saint-Saëns, Turina and Ravel.

There’s an effervescence and lightness that underpins their approach.

Gramophone Magazine

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Trio Karénine celebrates the music of France and Spain

Named for Tolstoy’s iconic heroine Anna Karenina, French ensemble Trio Karénine formed in 2009 and went on to win the top prize at the ARD International Music Competition in 2013. With plenty more prizes, international tours and critically acclaimed recording projects under its belt, the ensemble is making it’s Sydney Opera House debut with a stunning program featuring French and Spanish masterpieces.

Camille Saint-Saëns’ breezy Piano Trio No. 1 was inspired by the French composer’s holiday in the Pyrenees mountains, while Spanish composer Jaoquín Turina studied in Paris and you can hear the influence of both worlds in his own first Piano Trio. In Maurice Ravel’s Piano Trio in A minor, which brings the program to a close, the French composer explores his own Basque heritage.

Program

SAINT-SAËNS Trio n 1 op. 18
TURINA Trio n°1op. 35
RAVEL Trio in A minor

Artist Information

Julien Dieudegard
Violin

Louis Rodde
Cello

Paloma Kouider
Piano

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