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AMHERST, Mass.—The Altenberg Trio from Vienna will present the fifth concert in the 2001-02 Music at Amherst Series on Friday, March 1, at 8 p.m. in Buckley Recital Hall at Amherst College, in a program of works for piano trio by Shostakovich, Ives, Haydn and Brahms.
The Altenberg Trio— violinist Amiram Ganz, cellist Martin Hornstein and pianist Claus Christian Schuster—was founded in 1994. Schuster and Hornstein were already known as founding members of the Vienna Schubert Trio, and Ganz as the longtime violinist with the Shostakovich Trio.
Reviewing the current major U.S. tour, The Los Angeles Times praised “the splendidly accomplished” Altenberg Trio, adding that “the technical authority of the players is matched by their spontaneity.” The Washington Post wrote that “they devoted all aspects of their keen musicianship in the service of a cohesive whole inspired by imagination and driven by pathos.” The Altenberg Trio records exclusively for Challenge records. See The Trio's Website.
When not on tour, the Altenberg Trio is in residence at the Vienna Musikverein and also at the Vienna Conservatory.
Admission to the concert is $20, senior citizens $16 and students $5. Tickets may be reserved by calling 413/542-2195 on weekday mornings. See The Amherst College Concert Office's Website.
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