The Feininger Trio Plays Schubert, Brahms, Zemlinsky and Gourzi

"The balance between strings and piano is perfect, the trio's sense of style is unerring, and the interplay is instinctive and fantastically secure,": declared Radio Bremen of the Feininger Trio. Adrian Oetiker (piano) and Berliner Philharmoniker musicians Christoph Streuli (violin) and David Riniker (cello) have been playing together as a team for almost 20 years – and it shows. The group has been repeatedly acclaimed for its wealth of tonal colors, pronounced sense for the finest nuances, and unified ensemble sound. The formation is named after painter, graphic artist, caricaturist, composer and Bauhaus master Lyonel Feininger, to whom the three chamber musicians feel particularly indebted, and whose Berlin studio was not far from the group’s first rehearsal location. The ensemble has been celebrated on concert stages in Berlin, Hamburg, Salzburg, Munich, Baden-Baden and elsewhere for its precision, captivating expressivity and dramaturgically clever programs. In addition to the core classical repertoire, in particular the trio works of Brahms, Dvořák and Schubert, the Feininger Trio also explores works by Debussy, Ravel, Ives, Zemlinsky, Korngold and many others. The ensemble works closely with the composer Konstantia Gourzi, who dedicated her work Apollon to the three musicians and is preparing an interdisciplinary project with them, the choreographer Sommer Ulrickson and the stage designer Alexander Polzin.