Adela Peña
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Adela Peña is an American violinist best known as a founding member of the Eroica Trio
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She was born in New York City
and began playing the violin at age 4. In New York, she studied at the Henry Street Music School
with violin/viola teacher Rochelle Walton.
She began playing with Erika Nickrenz
, the trio pianist, when they were both 9. She has a bachelor's and a master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, where she won the Mendelssohn Violin Competition. She also won the Washington International Competition.
Peña was the violinist for the Eroica Trio from its founding until 2006, when she left the ensemble. she performs with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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Eroica Trio
The Eroica Trio is an American piano trio consisting of Erika Nickrenz, piano; Susie Park, violin; and Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello. Park joined the trio in September 2006 . The trio take their name from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony...
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She was born in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and began playing the violin at age 4. In New York, she studied at the Henry Street Music School
Henry Street Settlement
The Henry Street Settlement is a not-for-profit social service agency in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City that provides social services, arts programs and health care services to New Yorkers of all ages. It was founded in 1893 by Progressive reformer Lillian Wald.The...
with violin/viola teacher Rochelle Walton.
She began playing with Erika Nickrenz
Erika Nickrenz
Erika Nickrenz is an American classical pianist best known as the pianist for the Eroica Trio.Both her parents are professional musicians, her mother a Grammy Award-winning pianist and her father a violist...
, the trio pianist, when they were both 9. She has a bachelor's and a master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, where she won the Mendelssohn Violin Competition. She also won the Washington International Competition.
Peña was the violinist for the Eroica Trio from its founding until 2006, when she left the ensemble. she performs with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is a Grammy Award-winning classical music chamber orchestra based in New York City. It is known for its collaborative leadership style in which the musicians, not a conductor, interpret the score....
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