Claremont Trio Explained

Claremont Trio
Occupation:	Piano Trio
Module:	Embed: yes Claremont Trio Origin: New York City, New York, United States Genre: Classical Years Active: -present Current Members: Emily Bruskin, Julia Bruskin, Sophiko Simsive Past Members: Donna Kwong, Andrea Lam

Claremont Trio is a New York-based piano trio including Juilliard School alumnae Emily Bruskin (violin) and Julia Bruskin (cello), and Yale School of Music alumna Sophiko Simsive (piano). The group was founded at Juilliard in 1999, and made its performance debut at the 92nd Street Y, on the Upper East Side in 2001 after winning the Young Concert Artists International Auditions that same year. In 2003, the trio also won the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award.^[1] They have performed at the Kennedy Center, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Joe's Pub^[2] and the Mostly Mozart and Bard Music festivals.^[3]

Discography

• 2004 Mendelssohn Trios Op. 49 & 66. Arabesque^[4]
• 2006 Shostakovich & Arensky Trios. Tria^[5]
• 2008 American Trios, trios by Zwilich, Kirchner, Bates, and Schoenfield. Tria^[6]
• 2009 Jonathan Cohler & Claremont Trio with Jonathan Cohler (clarinet), trios of Beethoven and Brahms, and sextet by Dohnanyi. Ongaku^[7]
• 2010 Beethoven & Ravel. Tria^[8]
• 2012 Beethoven Triple Concerto, Op. 56; Trio in E Major, Op. 1, No. 1. Bridge^[9]
• 2017 Spheres: Music of Robert Paterson. American Modern Recordings^[10]

External links

• Official site
• Claremont Trio on AllMusic
• Hear the Claremont Trio in concert from WGBH Boston
• The group's tour blog
• An interview with the Claremonts
• Performances by the Claremont Trio from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Notes and References

1. News: Williamson. Christy. Presidential Concert Series continues with Claremont Trio. 24 January 2017. The Chattanoogan.com. 3 October 2006.
2. Web site: Claremont Trio celebrates the release of their new album at Joe's Pub 12/4. 1 December 2008. sequenza21.com. Sequenca 21/. 24 January 2017.
3. Web site: Award-winning Claremont Trio to perform Nov. 16. 2 November 2007. middlebury.edu. Middlebury. 24 January 2017.
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10. Web site: Spheres: Claremont Trio - Music of Robert Paterson. 2017. americanmodernrecordings.com. American Modern Recordings a Division of Lumiere Records, Inc.. 23 January 2017.