The Trio
In 1996 the VIENNarte trio gives its debut in concert series Musica Juventutis at the Vienna Konzerthaus and is enthusiatically received by both audience and critics. Performances around Austria follow, including concerts with Jeunesse, Vienna Klangbogen and Podium for the Young at the Vienna Musikverein, as well as the Radio Kulturhaus. International tours confirm the success of the three young musicians´ musical teamwork, with recitals in South Ameriva, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy and Holland.
Impetus for the further maturing and perfecting of the trio´s musicianship and artistry comes from active participation in masterclasses. These include at the Sandor Vegh Academy (Prague), lessons with Menahem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio) and with members of the Alban Berg Quartet and the Vienna Haydn Trio.
In 1998 the three artist proceed to the finals of the International Music Competition of the ARD in Munich. As prizewinners in the 1997 and 1998 international chamber music competition Charles Hennen Concours (Netherlands) the trio members are invited to perform Beethoven´s Triple Concerto. In June of 1998 they make their debut at the Bonheur Musical Festival (France), and become thereafter an integrated part of the festival. A close working partnership develops between the trio and members of the Wien-Berlin ensemble. With performances in the Rheingau Music Festival and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the VIENNarte trio is heard at some of the most important German festivals. As a result steady contact is built up with various concert organisations in Austria, Germany and Italy.
Under the musical guidance of Wolfgang Schulz, solo flutist in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the VIENNarte trio produces its first CD (Beethoven, Brahms).
In the spring of 2001 the young artists receive the Special Prize for the best interpretation of contemporary music at the 1st International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna. Their second CD, featuring Haydn´s Bartolozzi Trios, appears under Campanella Musica in co-production with Sender Freies Berlin.
The Austrian Departement of External Affairs recommend the VIENNarte trio as one of three classical ensembles to represent Austria for the 2002/03 season in the programme The New Austrian Sound of Music. Invitations to Mexico and Kenya follow as well as a tour throughout Oman in early 2003.
The ensemble prforms at the Mozartwoche 2003 (broadcast live in ORF), and several times at the Vienna Konzerthaus, most recently in 2004. Austrian radio invites the trio more than once to be interviewed, and Radio Stephansdom presents the Bartolozzi Trios CD regularly on its broadcasting programme.
The 2004/2005 season takes the trio to Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Austria and Switzerland. A CD production under the Japanese classical label Camerata Tokyo is confirmed for 2004/2005, featuring works by Johannes Brahms.
Besides major classical and romantic repertoire, the VIENNarte trio is also dedicated to presenting contemporary music to audiences, and is developing interesting musical combinations from new connections.
