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The Pangaea Trio Berlin takes its name from the supercontinent where all the earth’s continents were once joined – a fitting symbol of the international and multicultural backgrounds of its members. The programme for this concert is just as diverse: Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich was only 16 years old and experiencing his first love when he composed his tender and dreamy Piano Trio No. 1. In Maurice Ravel’s Piano Trio, French elegance meets pulsating Basque rhythms. Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quintet, finally, is a classic of late German Romanticism – dark, contemplative, and dramatic.
Artists
Pangaea Trio Berlin:
Marlene Ito violin
Uladzimir Sinkevich cello
Yannick Rafalimanana piano
Angelo de Leo violin
Amihai Grosz viola
Programme
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, op. 8
Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio in A minor
Interval
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34
Additional information
Duration ca. 2 hours (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Chamber Music Hall
12 to 31 €
Introduction
19:30
Series Q: Ensembles of the Berliner Philharmoniker
In matters large and small
The Chamber Music tradition of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Chamber music means engaging in a dialogue between equals and creating a shared artistic identity as a group. Naturally, the musicians of the Berliner Philharmoniker are passionate about this art form. Violist Julia Gartemann and cellist Knut Weber talk about their experiences.
Biography
Pangaea Trio Berlin
The Pangaea Trio Berlin takes its name from the primeval supercontinent on which all of today’s continents were once united—underscoring the international and multicultural backgrounds of its members. Violinist Marlene Ito, born in Japan and raised in Australia, studied in Sydney, Lübeck and Berlin before receiving a scholarship to the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic in 2006. Her first permanent position led her in 2009 to the Komische Oper Berlin as Second Concertmaster; in September 2011 she joined the Berliner Philharmoniker, where she has been Principal of her violin section since March 2020.
Cellist Uladzimir Sinkevich, a native of Belarus, studied in Minsk, Hanover and Berlin and was a Karajan Academy fellow from 2009 to 2011. In 2011 he became Principal Cellist of the Munich Radio Orchestra, before joining the Berliner Philharmoniker in February 2022. Yannick Rafalimanana is a French pianist of Malagasy heritage who trained in Lille, Paris and Boston and has built an international career as a soloist and chamber musician. Founded in 2023, the Pangaea Trio Berlin performs at the Philharmonie’s Chamber Music Hall, has appeared at the Berlin Philharmonic’s Easter Festival in Baden-Baden, and has toured widely, including in Asia and South America.
Angelo de Leo
Angelo de Leo has been a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s second violin section since February 2018. Born in Böblingen, he was admitted as a junior student to the Stuttgart University of Music at the age of eleven, where he studied with Christian Sikorski. From 2011 he continued his studies in Lübeck with Thomas Brandis; in 2015 he moved to Berlin to study with Antje Weithaas and at the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. A prizewinner at numerous international competitions, he is active today not only as an orchestral musician but also as a regular soloist and chamber musician.
Amihai Grosz
Amihai Grosz has been Principal Viola of the Berliner Philharmoniker since 2010. Born in Jerusalem, he switched from violin to viola at the age of eleven. He studied with David Chen at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, with Tabea Zimmermann at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, and with Haim Taub at the Keshet Eilon Music Center. Amihai Grosz performed for many years with the renowned Jerusalem Quartet before deciding to pursue a career as an orchestral musician. He remains in demand as a soloist and chamber musician.
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