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Music for Food Benefit Concert

Cleveland Institute of Music

Wonderful piano quartets of Mozart, Mendelssohn & Schumann with chamber stars Polonsky, Laredo, Pajaro-van de Stadt, and Robinson

ESPRESSIVO! Piano Quartet

Washington Irving Campus

Dedicated to the memory of founding Trio member/pianist Joseph Kalichstein, this performance unites the remaining two members of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio—Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson—with PCMS favorites Anna Polonsky and Nokuthula Ngwenyama. Featuring two of the most revered chamber music works in the canon, this special event also includes the Philadelphia premiere of Ngwenyama’s new work, Elegy. Co-commissioned by PCMS, Elegy was composed in response to the tragic events of spring 2020, including the killing of George Floyd.

Anna Polonsky, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola & Sharon Robinson, cello

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Gain an insider's perspective as the art of interpretation and details of technique are explained when Mr. Laredo and Ms. Robinson shares their wisdom with the next generation of chamber musicians.

Master Class: Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson

Rose Studio

With the passing of Joseph Kalichstein in March 2022, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, one of history’s greatest chamber ensembles, lost its founding pianist of 45 years. The contribution of this esteemed ensemble to the art of the piano trio is inestimable, and the trio’s impact – as individuals as well – on generations of musicians has definitively guided the genre forward. CMS is honored to celebrate the KLR Trio and its late, beloved pianist, in a tribute concert featuring violinist Jaime Laredo, cellist Sharon Robinson, and close friends and colleagues of the trio and its members.

Celebrating Joseph Kalichstein and the KLR Trio

Lincoln Center

Few ensembles in history have had the sustained artistry and success that the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio had for 45 years.  Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson are joined on this program by violist and composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama and pianist Anna Polonsky and will give the Arizona premiere of Elegy, an AFCM co-commission with several other presenters around the U.S. This concert will honor pianist Joseph Kalichstein, who passed away in March of 2022.

Concert Honoring Joseph Kalichstein

Tucson Convention Center

Jamie Laredo and Sharon Robinson are the remaining members of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. After four decades of success the world over, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio continues to dazzle audiences and critics alike with its performances. Since making their debut at the White House for President Carter's Inauguration in January 1977, pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson have set the standard for performance of the piano trio literature, consistently bringing technical mastery, expressive depth, and magnetism to the concert stage. The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio balances the careers of three internationally-acclaimed soloists while making annual appearances at many of the world's major concert halls, commissioning spectacular new works, and maintaining an active recording agenda.


Anna Polonsky is widely in demand as a soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared with the Moscow Virtuosi, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, and many others. Ms. Polonsky has collaborated with the Guarneri, Orion, Daedalus, and Shanghai Quartets, and with such musicians as Mitsuko Uchida, Yo-Yo Ma, David Shifrin, Richard Goode, Emanuel Ax, Arnold Steinhardt, Peter Wiley, and Jaime Laredo.

Sharon Robinson

Cellist

Events

Mar 4, 2024

Music for Food Benefit Concert · Cleveland Institute of Music

Dec 16, 2023

ESPRESSIVO! Piano Quartet · People's Symphony Concerts

May 12, 2023

Anna Polonsky, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola & Sharon Robinson, cello · Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Apr 3, 2023

Master Class: Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson · Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Apr 2, 2023

Celebrating Joseph Kalichstein and the KLR Trio · Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

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