Trio Palladio consists of three brilliant musical stars who have shone on stages around the world: violinist Eva Bindere, cellist Kristīne Blaumane and pianist Reinis Zariņš. Each of them is a distinctive, powerful personality who has received countless awards throughout their career, including Great Music Award laureate titles.
Concert program
Since their first concerts, the musicians of Trio Palladio have sought to perform both the fundamental works of the classical repertoire and contemporary compositions in each program, with particular emphasis on works by Latvian composers. The December 7 program will be especially significant: the first part of the concert will feature works by composers from all three Baltic states - Anatolijus Šenderovas from Lithuania, Erkki-Sven Tüür from Estonia and our own Pēteris Vasks from Latvia. The Baltic works chosen for this concert are contemporary yet also seem to come from a distant prehistory, rooted in the deepest foundations of musical language and at the same time enveloped in an indefinable mystery.
The second part of the concert will feature Schubert's bright, melodic, lyrical and dance-like First Piano Trio, a paradoxical work because it was composed during the final year of the composer's life, as his health was gradually failing; yet this music is a direct counterpoint to the cold biographical fact - it is like embodied, overflowing joy of life. Trio Palladio is delighted to perform this special work in the cozy music salon of Ola Foundation, where the direct communion of musicians and listeners may allow us to glimpse, through the doors opened by the music, into the very heart of Schubert.
The musicians of Trio Palladio have been playing together for ten years, despite living in different countries - Italy, England and Latvia. The ensemble was named in honor of the distinguished Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580).
Concert in two parts. Intermission: 30 minutes
PROGRAM:
I
Anatolijus Šenderovas (1945-2019) - Song and Dance (2008)
Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959) - Fata morgana (2004)
Pēteris Vasks (1946) - The Lonely Angel (2006/2019)
II
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 99, D898 (1828):
- Allegro moderato
- Andante un poco mosso
III. Scherzo: Allegro
- Rondo: Allegro vivace - Presto
Guests are invited to arrive from 6:15 p.m. for a welcome glass of wine and a viewing of the current exhibitions.
BIO
EVA BINDERE is one of Latvia's most brilliant violinists - an outstanding soloist, chamber musician and orchestral concertmaster. In recent years, she has regularly performed with an orchestra led by Yuri Zhislin, professor at the Royal College of Music in London. Since 2012, Eva has also been deputy concertmaster of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, whose artist in residence is Maxim Vengerov.
Eva was the first violin of Kremerata Baltica for many years (1997-2012). She performed with this orchestra around the world, also playing in duets and chamber ensembles with Gidon Kremer. Together with her fellow musicians from Kremerata Baltica, Eva founded the quartet Euphonia - winner of the 2006 Great Music Award. Eva has performed with such stage partners as Pierre Amoyal, Renaud Capuçon, Maxim Rysanov, Antoine Tamestit, Gérard Caussé, Yo-Yo Ma, Gautier Capuçon, Mario Brunello, Boris Pergamenshchikov, Katja Skanavi, Martin Stadtfeld, Leif Ove Andsnes and others.
Eva has been invited as a guest concertmaster by ensembles including the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Bern and Sinfonietta Basel, with which Eva toured Japan.
Since 2008, Eva Bindere has been a lecturer at JVLMA, and since 2013 an associate professor. She gives masterclasses in Latvia and elsewhere in the world. Eva studied violin at the Emīls Dārziņš Music School and JVLMA with Anete Zvaigzne, Uldis Sprūdžs and Andris Baumans. She then studied in Dallas with Eduard Schmieder and in Basel with Raphael Oleg, whose class she graduated from in 2003.
KRISTĪNE BLAUMANE is one of the most prominent Latvian cellists, working as a soloist, chamber musician and high-level orchestral musician.
Kristīne has performed as a soloist with many prestigious orchestras, including the Basel Chamber Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica and others. At the age of 22, she became principal cellist of Amsterdam Sinfonietta, where she worked until 2010. Since 2007, she has been leader of the cello section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which has earned widespread acclaim under her leadership.
Kristīne Blaumane is a two-time laureate of Latvia's Great Music Award (2005 and 2007), affirming her excellence and contribution to the world of music.
Together with violinist Roman Mints and violist Maxim Rysanov, Kristīne founded the ASCH Trio. This ensemble has gained broad recognition, regularly performing in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe. The ASCH Trio has also given concerts at London's famous Wigmore and Purcell Rooms, where its performances have received high praise.
REINIS ZARIŅŠ is one of Latvia's notable talents, a master of deeply considered interpretations, a brilliant soloist and skilled chamber musician, and the creator of conceptual interdisciplinary projects.
Having begun studying piano at the age of seven, Reinis made his debut as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of ten and later won prizes in several international piano competitions. Reinis is also a three-time laureate of the Latvian Great Music Award (2011, 2013, 2015).
He has participated in many prestigious festivals: the Lucerne Festival, the Kremerata Baltica Festival, and the international music festivals of Bath, Norfolk and Nova Scotia. He has performed in the world's finest concert halls - Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London and Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow. He has played in excellent harmony with conductors including Andris Poga, Atvars Lakstīgala, Ainārs Rubiķis, Pierre Boulez, Péter Eötvös, Pablo Heras-Casado, Juha Kangas and Diego Mason, and has also performed with the Moscow Virtuosi, Kremerata Baltica, the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and Latvia's leading orchestras. His concerts have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Polish Radio and King FM.
Reinis's interest in the synthesis of the arts has borne fruit both in his collaboration with painter Marilēna Šiltkampa, focusing on the transformation of music into a painting during a concert, and in the performance The Seasons, which he created with contemporary dance choreographer Kirill Burlov.
Reinis Zariņš has recorded several critically acclaimed albums: the studio albums Circus & Magic and Jāzeps Vītols. Works for solo piano, as well as Wolfgang Dārziņš's Piano Concerto and the piano music of Lūcija Garūta. In 2019, Reinis's latest album Kreisleriana. Octagon, featuring works by Robert Schumann and Andris Dzenītis, was released.
After studying at the Mediņš and Dārziņš music schools, Reinis continued his studies at the Yale School of Music (USA) and the Royal Academy of Music in London. His most important teachers and mentors on his musical journey have been Boris Berman, Christopher Elton, Rafi Haradzhanyan and Renē Salaks.
