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Piano trio
The
Beaux Arts Trio
was a noted
piano trio
, celebrated
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for their vivacity, emotional depth and wide-ranging repertoire. They made their debut on 13 July 1955, at the Berkshire Music Festival,
Lenox, Massachusetts
, United States, known today as the
Tanglewood Music Center
. Their final American concert was held at Tanglewood on 21 August 2008. It was webcast live and archived on
NPR Music
.
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Their final concert was in
Lucerne
, Switzerland on 6 September 2008.
The Beaux Arts Trio recorded the entire standard piano trio repertoire. In 2005, the trio celebrated its 50th anniversary with two special CD issues, one featuring their most popular releases through their long years of recording (released by
Philips Records
), and the other an anniversary collection of new music (released by
Warner Records
).
Throughout its existence, the trio was held together by founding pianist
Menahem Pressler
. The original members of the trio when it was founded in 1955 were as follows:
[2]
The violin and cello members changed on a number of occasions, with later members including the following:
In July 2015,
Decca Classics
released a 60-CD boxed set to mark their 60th anniversary.
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