Trio Wanderer
Trio Wanderer is a piano trio formed in 1987 at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. They quite deserves their stage-name. Indeed, "Wanderer" pays homage to Schubert, and more widely to German Romanticism which is often imbued with the leitmotiv of the wandering traveler. These three French musicians are avid open-minded wandering travelers, who explore the musical world, spanning the centuries from Mozart and Haydn to nowadays. Acclaimed for its extraordinarily sensitive style, almost telepathic nunderstanding of each other and technical mastery, the Trio Wanderer is one of the world's foremost chamber ensembles.
The Trio has performed on the most prestigious music stages: Berlin's Philharmonic, Paris' Théâtre des Champs Elysées, London's Wigmore Hall, Munich's Herkulessaal, Montreal's Place des Arts, Milan's Teatro alla Scala, Washington's Library of Congress, Rio de Janeiro's Teatro Municipal, Tokyo's Kioi Hall, Zürich's [[Tonhalle] and Amsterdam's [[Concertgebouw]. They have also performed at major festivals such as Edinburgh, Montreux, Feldkirch, Schleswig Holstein, Rheingau Musiksommmer, Colmar, La Roque d'Anthéron, the Folles Journées de Nantes, Granada, Stresa, Osaka and Salzburg.
They have on many occasions collaborated with artists such as Yehudi Menuhin, Christopher Hogwood, James Loughran, Marco Guidarini, Charles Dutoit and James Conlon, accompanied, in triple or double concertos, by orchestras as Nice, Montpellier, Santiago de Chile, La Coruna, Teneriffe, by Radio-France's Orchestre National and Orchestre Philharmonique, Berlin's Radio Symphonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Graz's Philharmonic Orchester, Köln's Gürzenich Orchester...
Discography
- Escaich, Martinu, Debussy, Bartok, Lettres Mêlées with François Leleux (oboe), Emmanuel Pahud (Flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet)(Accord - Universal)
- Beethoven, Haydn, Pleyel, Folksongs with Wolfgang Holzmair, Baryton (Cyprès)
- Messiaen, Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps with Pascal Moraguès, clarinet (Harmonia Mundi)
- Mendelssohn, Trios op. 49 & op. 66 (Harmonia Mundi)
- Johannes Brahms, Trios op. 8, 87, 101, Quatuor op. 25 with Christophe Gaugué, viola (Harmonia Mundi)
- Camille Saint-Saëns, Trios op. 18 & op. 92 (Harmonia Mundi)
- Dimitri Chostakovitch, Aaron Copland, Trios op. 8 & 67, Vitebsk (Harmonia Mundi)
- Bohuslav Martinu, Concert & Concertino with Gürzenich Kölner Philharmoniker, James Conlon dir. (Capriccio)
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Triple Concerto op. 56 with Gürzenich Kölner Philharmoniker, James Conlon dir. (Chant du Monde)
- Schubert, Hummel, Quintette op. 114, Quintette op. 87 Christophe Gaugué, viola, Stéphane Logerot, doublebass (Harmonia Mundi)
- Schubert, Complete piano trios (Harmonia Mundi)
- Franz Joseph Haydn, Trios Hob. XV: 27, 28, 29, 25 (Harmonia Mundi)
- Maurice Ravel, Ernest Chausson, Trio , Trio op. 3 (Harmonia Mundi)
- Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Trio op.12, Trio op. 90 "Dumky" (Sony Classical)
- Mendelssohn, Trios op. 49 & op. 66 (Sony Classical)
Awards (selection)
- 1988 : Concours ARD de Munich
- 1990 : Fischoff Chamber Music Competition aux États-Unis
- 1997 : Victoires de la musique classique
- 2000 : Victoires de la musique classique
- 2002 : Choc de l'Année du Monde de la musique
- 2006 : Diapason d'Or of the year
- 2007 : Midem Classical Award
- 2008 : BBC Magazine CD of the Month,
- 2009 : Victoires de la musique classique