Oberlin Trio
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Stephen Clapp
Stephen Clapp is a violinist and educator and former Dean of the Juilliard School.-Education:Clapp earned the B.M degree from the Oberlin Conservatory and the M.S. degree from the Juilliard School. He is a former student of Dorothy DeLay, Ivan Galamian, and Andor Toth...
, violin; Andor Toth Jr.
Andor Toth Jr.
Andor Toth, Jr. was an American cellist in the strong Central European, Berlin, and Hungarian traditions, bringing to the public a clear aural vision of structure in the music he played, while channeling the emotional character of that music into the hearts of his listeners.Andor Toth, Jr...
, cello; and Joseph Schwartz, piano.
Original members
Both Clapp and Schwartz were winners of the coveted Naumburg Award and have retired. Cellist Andor Toth Jr.Andor Toth Jr.
Andor Toth, Jr. was an American cellist in the strong Central European, Berlin, and Hungarian traditions, bringing to the public a clear aural vision of structure in the music he played, while channeling the emotional character of that music into the hearts of his listeners.Andor Toth, Jr...
, also former cellist of the New Hungarian Quartet
New Hungarian Quartet
The New Hungarian Quartet was founded in 1972. It is separate and distinct from the well-known string quartet, the Hungarian Quartet, though the violist in both groups was the same.- Personnel :...
, died in 2002.
New cellists
After Toth's death, the Trio continued to perform with cellists Peter Rejto and Darrett Atkins.Touring
The Oberlin Trio has toured internationally with both traditional repertoire and more unusual works by composers Leon KirchnerLeon Kirchner
Leon Kirchner was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his String Quartet No. 3.Kirchner was born in Brooklyn, New York...
, Frank Bridge
Frank Bridge
Frank Bridge was an English composer and violist.-Life:Bridge was born in Brighton and studied at the Royal College of Music in London from 1899 to 1903 under Charles Villiers Stanford and others...
, and Camille Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
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New York Review
On Tuesday, May 23, 1989, New York Times music critic Allan KozinnAllan Kozinn
-Biography:He received bachelor's degrees in music and journalism from Syracuse University in 1976. He began freelancing as a critic and music feature writer for the New York Times in 1977, and joined the paper's staff in 1991...
wrote about the Trio in a concert of the complete chamber music of Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
, presented at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Sunday, May 21, 1989: "The outstanding performances of the afternoon included a lush, resilient rendering of the Quartet . . . as well as a fevered, emphatically arching account of the Piano Trio, by the Oberlin Trio (Joseph Schwartz, piano, Andor Toth Jr.
Andor Toth Jr.
Andor Toth, Jr. was an American cellist in the strong Central European, Berlin, and Hungarian traditions, bringing to the public a clear aural vision of structure in the music he played, while channeling the emotional character of that music into the hearts of his listeners.Andor Toth, Jr...
, cellist, and Mr. Clapp)."
New members
In 2008, Stephen ClappStephen Clapp
Stephen Clapp is a violinist and educator and former Dean of the Juilliard School.-Education:Clapp earned the B.M degree from the Oberlin Conservatory and the M.S. degree from the Juilliard School. He is a former student of Dorothy DeLay, Ivan Galamian, and Andor Toth...
and Darrett Adkins chose new members to carry on the distinguished legacy of the Oberlin Trio. The new Oberlin Trio members are violinist David Bowlin, cellist Amir Eldan, and pianist Haewon Song. All are faculty members at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Students of Oberlin Conservatory enter a very broad network within the music world, as the school's alumni...
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External links
- Oberlin Trio website
- Oberlin Trio management
- Stephen Clapp Juilliard Biography
- Joseph Schwartz Retires From Conservatory
- Oberlin Conservatory Andor Toth Jr. Obituary
Selected discography
- Leon KirchnerLeon KirchnerLeon Kirchner was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his String Quartet No. 3.Kirchner was born in Brooklyn, New York...
Piano Trio http://www.schirmer.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2476&State_3010=2&discId_3010=2797, performed by the Oberlin Trio - 20th century American Piano Trios http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1211147/a/Twentieth+Century+American+Piano+Trios+%2F+The+Oberlin+Trio.htm
- French Trios http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1515113/a/French+Trios+-+Ravel,+Loeillet,+Debussy+%2F+Oberlin+Trio.htm - Maurice RavelMaurice RavelJoseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
, Jean Baptiste Loeillet of GhentJean Baptiste Loeillet of GhentJean Baptiste Loeillet , who later styled himself Loeillet de Gant, was a Belgian composer, born in Ghent. He spent the largest part of its life in France in services to the archbishop of Lyon, Paul-François de Neufville de Villeroy. He wrote many works for flute, including trio sonatas,...
, Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...