Eggner Trio
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Eggner Trio is a Piano Trio
from Vienna
.
The trio was founded in 1997 as Eggner Rachmaninov Trio Vienna founded by the three brothers Christopher (piano), George (violin) and Florian Eggner (cello), who had previously also been performing as a soloist. Two years later joined the ensemble to the present name.
in Poertschach
and conquered the international music world in 2003 by winning the First Prize of the prestigious Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition (plus the Musica Viva Australia Special Prize).
Their most important teachers were Guenter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet), Juri Smirnov (Brahms Trio Vienna) and the Altenberg Trio. In addition, the Trio has worked in masterclasses with Menahem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio), Norbert Brainin and Sigmund Nissel (Amadeus Quartet), Thomas Kakuska (Alban Berg Quartet) as well as with Steven Isserlis.
The three brothers have given concerts in Belgium
, Denmark
, Germany
, Great Britain
, Greece
, Italy
, Japan
, Netherlands
, Slovakia
, Spain, Tunisia
as well as in the USA, and have performed at major venues and leading festivals in Austria, such as the Konzerthaus, Vienna
, Brucknerhaus Linz, Klangbogen Vienna
, Lockenhaus Festival, Oberoesterreichische Stiftskonzerte, Carinthischer Sommer, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg Hohenems.
During the 2005-2006 season, the Eggner Trio appeared in the Rising Stars series at Konserthuset Stockholm, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Symphony Hall Birmingham, Megaron Athens, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Cologne, Cité de la Musique Paris, Carnegie Hall New York, Musikverein Vienna and Mozarteum Salzburg and performed at the Herkulessaal in Munich. During the same season, the Trio went on tour through Australia (the Special Prize of the Musica Viva Australia Award) and was invited again to undertake another tour in 2008.
During the 2006-2007 and the 2007-2008 seasons, the Eggner Trio was invited by Chamber Music New Zealand to tour New Zealand.
Since 2005, the Eggner Trio has been teaching various chamber music courses in Austria, for example at the Academy at Castle Weinberg and the Chamber Music Festival Reichenau.
The Eggner brothers have performed as soloists in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto
and in Bohuslav Martinu’s
Triple-Concertino with the South Bohemian Chamber Orchestra Budweis, Orchestra Filarmonica dell’Umbria, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Tonkuenstler Orchestra Lower Austria.
Georg Eggner plays a violin built by Joseph Gagliano in 1779 and Florian Eggner a violoncello built by Carl Richter in 1907.
The Eggner Trio has made numerous recordings for the Austrian Radio Corporation, the BBC, the German Bavarian Radio Corporation, the German South West Radio Corporation, Radio France, ABC Australia, the Radio New Zealand, as well as TV recordings in Australia, New Zealand and at the Oberoesterreichische Stiftskonzerte for Austrian Television.
and Oleg Maisenberg
at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, as well as Brigitte Engerer and Michel Béroff
at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris
. He received the Merit Scholarship from the Alban Berg Foundation. Since 2000 he is the assistant for Oleg Maisenberg at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Georg Eggner, violin, won first prizes in the national competitions Jugend Musiziert
, Prima La Musica (Austria),as well as the international competition Concorso Internationale di Musica per I Giovani, Stresa (Italy), and "ORF-violin" 2001. After eleven years of lessons with Boris Kushnir, he studied with Günter Pichler of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He received scholarships from the Alban Berg Foundation, the Dürr Foundation and the Tokyo Foundation.
Florian Eggner, cello, was the first prize winner of the Austrian Federal Competition Prima La Musica in 1996. He studied with Wolfgang Herzer (former principal cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic) and Stefan Kropfitsch at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and Clemens Hagen at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
The Eggner trio released its first 2008 CD Live Classics from the Ghost Trio and the Archduke Trio by Ludwig van Beethoven, who was honored with the award of Klassiek Centraal "Best Recording 2008". It was followed by other CDs.
Piano trio
A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music...
from Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
.
The trio was founded in 1997 as Eggner Rachmaninov Trio Vienna founded by the three brothers Christopher (piano), George (violin) and Florian Eggner (cello), who had previously also been performing as a soloist. Two years later joined the ensemble to the present name.
History
As early as 1999, the Austrian musicians won the First Prize of the International Brahms CompetitionInternational Brahms Competition
The International Johannes Brahms Competition is an international competition for the performers of Piano, Violin, Cello, Viola, Vocal and Chamber Music...
in Poertschach
Pörtschach am Wörthersee
Pörtschach am Wörthersee , or Poertschach, is a town in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in Carinthia in south central Austria....
and conquered the international music world in 2003 by winning the First Prize of the prestigious Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition (plus the Musica Viva Australia Special Prize).
Their most important teachers were Guenter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet), Juri Smirnov (Brahms Trio Vienna) and the Altenberg Trio. In addition, the Trio has worked in masterclasses with Menahem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio), Norbert Brainin and Sigmund Nissel (Amadeus Quartet), Thomas Kakuska (Alban Berg Quartet) as well as with Steven Isserlis.
The three brothers have given concerts in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Denmark
Denmark
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, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
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, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Italy
Italy
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, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, Spain, Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
as well as in the USA, and have performed at major venues and leading festivals in Austria, such as the Konzerthaus, Vienna
Konzerthaus, Vienna
The Konzerthaus in Vienna was opened 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both tradition and innovative musical styles.In 1890 the first ideas for a Haus für Musikfeste came about...
, Brucknerhaus Linz, Klangbogen Vienna
KlangBogen Wien
KlangBogen Wien is an annual festival offering a month of opera productions and classical concerts at different venues in the city of Vienna. There is a range from early to contemporary operas, and from medieval chamber music to experimental 21st century compositions...
, Lockenhaus Festival, Oberoesterreichische Stiftskonzerte, Carinthischer Sommer, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg Hohenems.
During the 2005-2006 season, the Eggner Trio appeared in the Rising Stars series at Konserthuset Stockholm, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Symphony Hall Birmingham, Megaron Athens, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Cologne, Cité de la Musique Paris, Carnegie Hall New York, Musikverein Vienna and Mozarteum Salzburg and performed at the Herkulessaal in Munich. During the same season, the Trio went on tour through Australia (the Special Prize of the Musica Viva Australia Award) and was invited again to undertake another tour in 2008.
During the 2006-2007 and the 2007-2008 seasons, the Eggner Trio was invited by Chamber Music New Zealand to tour New Zealand.
Since 2005, the Eggner Trio has been teaching various chamber music courses in Austria, for example at the Academy at Castle Weinberg and the Chamber Music Festival Reichenau.
The Eggner brothers have performed as soloists in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto
Triple Concerto (Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56, more commonly known as the Triple Concerto, was composed in 1803 and later published in 1804 under Breitkopf & Hartel. The choice of the three solo instruments effectively makes this a concerto for piano trio and the...
and in Bohuslav Martinu’s
Bohuslav Martinu
Bohuslav Martinů was a prolific Czech composer of modern classical music. He was of Czech and Rumanian ancestry. Martinů wrote six symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. Martinů became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic...
Triple-Concertino with the South Bohemian Chamber Orchestra Budweis, Orchestra Filarmonica dell’Umbria, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Tonkuenstler Orchestra Lower Austria.
Georg Eggner plays a violin built by Joseph Gagliano in 1779 and Florian Eggner a violoncello built by Carl Richter in 1907.
The Eggner Trio has made numerous recordings for the Austrian Radio Corporation, the BBC, the German Bavarian Radio Corporation, the German South West Radio Corporation, Radio France, ABC Australia, the Radio New Zealand, as well as TV recordings in Australia, New Zealand and at the Oberoesterreichische Stiftskonzerte for Austrian Television.
Awards
Christoph Eggner, piano, is a multiple winner of competitions and studied with Paul Badura-SkodaPaul Badura-Skoda
Paul Badura-Skoda is an Austrian pianist.He won first prize in the Austrian Music Competition in 1947. In 1949, he performed with distinguished conductors like Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan...
and Oleg Maisenberg
Oleg Maisenberg
-Early life and career:Born 29 April 1945 to a Jewish family in Odessa, Oleg Maisenberg received his first piano lessons from his mother at the age of five. He completed his studies at the Central Music School Kishinev and at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow with Professor Jocheles...
at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, as well as Brigitte Engerer and Michel Béroff
Michel Béroff
-Biography:Béroff was born at Épinal, and trained at the Nancy Conservatory, winning the 1st prize in 1962 and the prize of excellence in 1963. He completed his studies at the Paris Conservatory with Yvonne Loriod, winning the 1st prize in 1966. In 1967 he made his Paris debut and won 1st prize in...
at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
. He received the Merit Scholarship from the Alban Berg Foundation. Since 2000 he is the assistant for Oleg Maisenberg at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Georg Eggner, violin, won first prizes in the national competitions Jugend Musiziert
Jugend musiziert
thumb|German stamp: 25 years of "Jugend musiziert"Jugend musiziert is a music competition for children and adolescents in Germany on regional, federal and national level.-Jugend musiziert in Germany:...
, Prima La Musica (Austria),as well as the international competition Concorso Internationale di Musica per I Giovani, Stresa (Italy), and "ORF-violin" 2001. After eleven years of lessons with Boris Kushnir, he studied with Günter Pichler of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He received scholarships from the Alban Berg Foundation, the Dürr Foundation and the Tokyo Foundation.
Florian Eggner, cello, was the first prize winner of the Austrian Federal Competition Prima La Musica in 1996. He studied with Wolfgang Herzer (former principal cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic) and Stefan Kropfitsch at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and Clemens Hagen at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
The Eggner trio released its first 2008 CD Live Classics from the Ghost Trio and the Archduke Trio by Ludwig van Beethoven, who was honored with the award of Klassiek Centraal "Best Recording 2008". It was followed by other CDs.