Sitkovetsky Trio

Piano Trio

Alexander Sitkovetsky
Violin
Isang Enders
Cello
Wu Qian
Piano
"Incredibly well matched, this is an established trio and you can tell how much they trust each other. There's a wonderful mixture of buoyancy, particularly the pianist Wu Qian hast the most formidable clear technique when it comes to some of the more taxing writing in the faster movements... It's a lovely recorded sound as well."
Mark Lowther and Andrew McGregor, BBC Radio 3 - Record Review
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Biography

The Sitkovetsky Trio has established itself as an exceptional piano trio of today.
The Sitkovetsky Trio has established itself as an exceptional piano trio of today. Their thoughtful and committed approach has brought the ensemble critical acclaim and invitations to renowned concert halls around the world, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Palais des Beaux Arts, Musée du Louvre, l’Auditori Barcelona, Wigmore Hall or Lincoln Center New York.

Recently, the Sitkovetsky Trio received the Chamber Music Award from BBC Music Magazine. They were previously first prize-winners of the International Commerzbank Chamber Music Award and recipients of the NORDMETALL Chamber Music Award at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, as well as the Philharmonia-Martin Chamber Music Award. They have been supported by the Hattori Foundation, the Musicians Benevolent Fund, the Fidelio Trust and the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation. Last season, the Sitkovetsky Trio received generous funding from the Initiative Musik as part of the Neustart Kultur programme launched by the German government.

Since 2014, a large number of recordings by the Sitkovetsky Trio have been released on the BIS Records label, including a compilation of works by Smetana, Suk and Dvořák, which was enthusiastically received by critics. This was followed by further releases on the Wigmore Live label and recordings of Mendelssohn piano trios, as well as an album with Ravel and Saint-Saëns, which was honoured with the BBC Music Magazine Award, among others.

The Sitkovetsky Trio is currently working on a cycle of all of Ludwig van Beethoven's trio works. Volume 1 has already received the Diapason d'Or ARTE.

Highlights of the 2024/2025 season include concerts in Madrid, London, Istanbul, Hong Kong and at the Heidelberger Frühling. They are also the ensemble in residence at the Beethovenfest Bonn and will be on tour in the USA and Israel.
Alexander Sitkovetsky is playing the 1679 ‘Parera’ Antonio Stradivarius Violin, kindly loaned to him through the Beare’s International Violin Society,; Isang Enders is playing a cello by Carlo Tononi (Venice, 1720) which has been kindly loaned by the J. & A. Beare Violin Society.



2024 / 2025
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Programme

2024 / 2025

You’ll find the current programs in the IMPRESARIUM of the 24/25 season

2023 / 2024
Program I

Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 “Geistertrio”
Julia Adolphe: New Work for Piano Trio (Premiere 23.02.2023 Lincoln Center, New York)
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Beethoven: Allegretto in B major for Violin, Cello and Piano, WoO 39
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

Program II

Turina: Piano Trio No. 2, Op.76 
Schumann: Piano Trio No.3, Op.110 
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Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor No. 1 in D minor, op. 49

OR Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor No. 2 in C minor, op. 66 MWV Q 33
Program III

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor No. 2 in C minor, op. 66 MWV Q 33
Julia Adolphe (*1988): New Work for Piano Trio
OR Rachmaninoff: Rachmaninov: “Trio élégiaque” No. 1 in G minor
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Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, op. 99 D 898
OR  Trio No. 2 in E-flat major 

Program IV

Rachmaninov: “Trio élégiaque” No. 1 in G minor
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 “Hommage à l’artiste”

Schedule

26/02/2025
19:30 h
Libby Gardener Concert Hall
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Sitkovetsky Trio
23/03/2025
11:30 h
Wigmore Hall
London, United Kingdom
Sitkovetsky Trio
27/03/2025
17:00 h
Alte Aula der Universität
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitkovetsky Trio
13/04/2025
19:30 h
Malvern Concert Club
Malvern Wells, United Kingdom
Sitkovetsky Trio
15/04/2025
20:30 h
Sitkovetsky Trio, Lise Berthaud
03/05/2025
20:15 h
Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sharon Kam, Sitkovetsky Trio
06/05/2025
20:15 h
Theater Diligentia
Den Haag, Den Haag EA, Netherlands
Sharon Kam, Sitkovetsky Trio
07/05/2025
20:15 h
De Oosterpoort
Groningen, DA Groningen, Netherlands
Sharon Kam, Sitkovetsky Trio
08/05/2025
13:00 h
Alte Oper Frankfurt, Mozartsaal
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Sitkovetsky Trio

Discography

Ravel & Saint-Saëns - Piano Trios
Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio in A minor

Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 92

Beethoven - Piano Trios, Vol. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3
Allegretto in B flat major
Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70 No. 2

Mendelssohn - Piano Trios
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op.49

Dvořák, Smetana & Suk
Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65

Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15

Josef Suk
Elegy for Piano Trio, Op. 23

Videos

Schumann & Tchaikovsky - Kammermusik Basel
Schumann, Perkin & Tchaikovsky - West Wicklow Festival
Haydn & Arensky - Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Perkin, van Beethoven & Mendelssohn - Wigmore Hall

Contact

Lenemarie Leukefeld
Senior Artist Manager
t: +49 (0)30 414 781 721
Soyeon Im
Artist coordinator
t: +49 (0)30 414 781 744