2008/09 Season

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Soo-Jin Hong, violin  Soo-Kyung Hong, cello
Jens Elvekjaer, piano

Trio Con Brio Copenhagen website

Trio con Brio Copenhagen, formed by the Korean sisters Soo-Jin Hong and Soo-Kyung Hong and the Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer, drew attention by the sensational success at the ARD-competition in Munich. The trio belongs since its formation in Vienna 1999 to the most exciting young piano trios performing today. Critics especially praise the trio for “sparkling joy of life”, “magic dialogue” and the virtuoso technique of the ensemble.
In September 2005 the Trio con Brio Copenhagen received the prestigious Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award in USA. The award includes a CD-recording and an extensive tour of 20 major United States venues including Carnegie Hall, New York. Highlights of past years´ performances are Konzerthaus Berlin, Herkulessaal Munich, Max-Josephs-Saal der Residenz Munich, Kölner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Vienna, Seoul Arts Centre, Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Musikhalle Hamburg, Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Germany, Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria, Trondheim Chamber Music Festival, Teatro Verdi Trieste, Italy and Teatro Olimpico Vicenza.
Trio con Brio Copenhagen won top prizes in many of the most prestigious international competitions – ARD München, 1. prize Premio Vittorio Gui Firenze, 1. prize Trondheim Chamber Music Competition, 1. prize Danish Radio Competition Copenhagen. In 2004 Trio con Brio Copenhagen has been awarded the prestigious ”Allianz-Preis” given for the best ensemble in Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2003. The ensemble received excellent musical guidance by Alban Berg Quartet and Ferenc Rados in Cologne and Budapest and studied in Vienna, Salzburg, Cologne, Aarhus and Copenhagen.
Trio con Brio Copenhagen has performed with Tivoli´s Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Syrinx, Frankce with Christian Mandeal and Günter Neuhold. Trio con Brio Copenhagen has broadcasted for Danish Radio, Korean Broadcasting Systems, ARD, NDR, Deutschland Radio Berlin, NRK, SR, Hessischer Rundfunk, RAI and BBC. The two string players are performing on an Amati cello and an Andrea Guarneri violin and Jens Elvekjaer has recently been appointed the first Danish Steinway Artist.
Trio con Brio Copenhagen teaches regularly at masterclasses and courses a.o. Trondheim International Chamber Music Festival, at the Music Academy in Kristiansand, Norway, at the Kuhmo Festival in Finland and in Copenhagen,Danmark. Trio con Brio Copenhagen´s first cd with works of Ravel, Bloch and Dvorak wasl released on the American label Azica in 2006. nglish masterpieces for viol consort. The group has given concerts and broadcast all round the world, made numerous highly successful recordings - recently with an exclusive etwork's audience are now familiar with works by the great English composers, who released on the HMU