16/10/2024
Musicians of this caliber don't come to perform in North Norfolk very often, but here they are, playing in Trunch on Sunday 27th October! Trio Bohemo received numerous musical awards, they are praised by musical critics for their talent and deep musicality. Last year in Vienna the trio won first prize and the audience prize at the “International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition”. They also won the audience prize at the “Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition” in Australia. On top of that, the trio was selected to receive the prestigious prize of the “Czech Chamber Music Society”.
In 2022 Trio Bohemo was invited on BBC Radio's 3 'In Tune' show. This was followed by first prize at the “Stasys Vainiunas International Chamber Music Competition” in Lithuania. Few days later they were awarded the top prize at the “International Joseph Joachim Competition” in Weimar. The “ISA Festival” in Austria gave Trio Bohémo an award for the best chamber music ensemble with piano.
In 2021, Trio Bohémo not only received the first prize, but also the audience prize at the “International Johannes Brahms Competition” in Austria and only few weeks later they won the “International Parkhouse Award” in London. They also won first prize at the “International Filippo Nicosia Award” in Italy.
Their concert in Trunch church will feature Shostakovich's Piano Trio No2, which Stalin valued for its classical form and melodic brilliance, Shostakovich was awarded a State Stalin Prise for the trio. With an unearthly fragments of a fugue in the first movement, the bitter irony of the scherzo in the second, the searching lament of the passacaglia in third and climax in the final with the wild music of Jewish celebration, the trio become Shostakovich' most famous.
Trio Bohemo also will be playing Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 3, a work of startling explosive vehemence and dark lyric beauty. Trio No. 3 became one of Beethoven’s most popular chamber masterpieces.
